Uganda exploring oil in two new regions, Energy Minister Nankabirwa says
Ugandan Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu gestures during an Interview at the African Energy Week in Cape Town, South Africa on October 17, 2023.
Uganda is exploring for oil in two new regions where potential discoveries of crude could increase the country's proven reserves of 6.5 billion barrels, its Energy minister said on Wednesday.
Commercial quantities of crude oil were discovered in the Albertine Graben basin in Uganda's west near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) nearly two decades ago, but production is not projected to start until next year.
