Logistics could delay Uganda oil export plan

Oil tankers delivering fuel to Uganda queue at Busia Kenya border. The 2020 evacuation target has gathered political undertones. PHOTO FILE | NATION

President Yoweri Museveni’s determination to have Uganda enter the international oil market by 2020 is getting caught up in logistics, with preparatory work on the investment unlikely to be completed before the turn of the year.

Joint venture partners involved in the country’s oil sector said they were unlikely to complete the final technical study for the Buulisa oil blocks by the December 31 ultimatum.