Tag Archives: EACOP

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Four Ugandans have filed a landmark lawsuit in the UK High Court seeking to stop the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) from becoming operational. Their lawyers described the move as the first attempt to have a British court apply Ugandan constitutional, climate and environmental …

  The project, however, remains the subject of criticism from environmental organisations, which have raised concerns about its ecological and climate impacts   Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), one of Africa’s biggest energy infrastructure projects, has passed the 90% completion mark, bringing Uganda …

Masaka, Uganda | URN | At least 30 people living within the demarcated route of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project in different parts of Lwengo, Kyotera, and Rakai districts are seeking a retrial of a compensation case instituted against them by the government, alleging judicial misconduct. The …

  Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has said its grievance redress mechanism is playing a central role in building trust with host communities as Uganda moves closer to first oil. Speaking at the 11th Annual Oil and Gas Convention, company officials revealed …

Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Ugandans are increasingly taking up the majority of jobs on the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project as it moves closer to completion, the company has announced. EACOP Deputy Managing Director, John Bosco Habumugisha, made the remarks while presenting project updates at the …

The true measure of Uganda’s oil and gas sector will not be production volumes, but its ability to drive structural economic transformation   COMMENT | MUMBA KALIFUNGWA | As Uganda approaches the long-anticipated milestone of first oil, it does so at a moment of deep contradiction in the global energy …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project has registered significant construction progress in the first quarter of 2026. The developer of the 1,443km, 24-inch diameter heated and buried crude oil pipeline says it has reached a key milestone across Uganda and Tanzania, including the …

Kiryandongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An independent environmental and social consultant representing lenders to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has highlighted unresolved environmental and social actions along the 1,443-kilometre pipeline, despite overall progress in implementing safeguards. According to a February 2025 Environmental and Social Due Diligence (ESDD) …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The compensation of persons affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline project (EACOP) stands at 98 per cent completion, according to the Director Economic and National Content Monitoring at the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), Peninah Aheebwa. The revelation follows concerns raised by …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) in partnership with Hoima City, has handed over the newly constructed Nyamasoga – KatookeRoad under its Socio-Economic Investment (SEI) programme. This initiative aimed to enhance community livelihoods and improve local infrastructure, improve trade, and support everyday activities …