（彭博社）“乌干达表示，在尼日利亚奥兰托石油有限公司要求赔偿 Covid-19 大流行期间损失的时间后，乌干达将其石油勘探许可证延长了两年。
能源部发言人所罗门·穆伊塔 (Solomon Muyita) 在一份电子邮件声明中表示，该许可证原定于 12 月 29 日到期，最初被授予于 2017 年对霍伊马西部和 Kikuube 地区的 Ngassa 浅层和深层区域进行勘探。
声明称，延长许可证符合该国将可采石油产量从目前 1.4 桶的水平提高的努力。
该部表示，生产分成协议、特许权使用费、回收成本和利润分享是延期条款的一部分。
法国石油巨头 TotalEnergies SE 与中国中海石油有限公司和乌干达国家石油公司一起领导乌干达油田的开发。这个东非国家的目标是在 2025 年开始生产。
(Bloomberg) – Uganda said it extended an oil exploration license to Nigeria’s Oranto Petroleum Ltd. by two years after the company asked for compensation for time lost during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The permit had been due to expire Dec. 29, and was initially granted to scour the Ngassa Shallow and Deep areas in the western Hoima and Kikuube districts in 2017, Solomon Muyita, the Energy Ministry spokesman, said in an email statement.
Extension of the permit is in line with the country’s drive to boost recoverable oil from current levels of 1.4 Bbbl, according to the statement.
A production sharing agreement, royalties, cost of recovery, and profit sharing are part of the terms included in the extension, the ministry said.
French oil giant TotalEnergies SE is leading the development of Uganda’s oil fields, alongside China’s Cnooc Ltd. and Uganda National Oil Co. The East African country is aiming to start production to start in 2025.