Uganda starts first oil drilling, eyes production in 2025
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (centre), alongside other local and government leaders, launching the Kingfisher oil field in Kikuube district on January 24, 2023. PHOTO | STUART TIBAWESWA | AFP
President Yoweri Museveni Tuesday commissioned Uganda’s first of four oil rigs to start drilling at the Kingfisher field on the shores of Lake Albert as the country eyes production in 2025.
The three other rigs will be installed at Tilenga.
