Spotlight | Uganda
Total/Tullow Oil: why Yoweri Museveni turned his oil commando unit on its head

Wanting to push ahead with the development of the Lake Albert fields that Tullow Oil and Heritage Oil discovered since 2006 and are presently under Tullow/Total and Cnooc's watch, President Yoweri Museveni made pivotal changes to Uganda's top oil staff [...]
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