Safety Concerns Suspend Uganda Oil Field Development
09 Oktober 2023 - 12:12PM
Dow Jones News
By Nicholas Bariyo
KAMPALA Uganda--Development of Uganda's $2 billion Kingfisher
oil field is being hampered by work stoppages caused by the
flouting of safety regulations, the Petroleum Authority of Uganda
said Monday.
Work at the oil field, along Uganda's western border with the
Democratic Republic of Congo, has been suspended over the past two
days following an accident last week in which a worker was killed.
The worker died after being crushed by a truck within the facility,
operated by China's Cnooc Ltd, Ugandan officials said. A company
spokesperson could not be immediately reached for comment.
Output at the 40,000 barrels-a-day oil field was initially
slated to come on stream in early 2025, but the regulator said that
works will remain suspended until an investigation into the
accident is carried out.
"The incident follows several safety incidents that this
authority has brought to the attention of Cnooc," the regulator
said. "This trend is unacceptable as it compromises the safety of
personnel and damages the reputation of the sector."
Kingfisher is jointly owned by Cnooc Ltd and France's
TotalEnergies, who hope to start pumping as much as 230,000
barrels-a-day out of Ugandan operations by 2025.
Write to Nicholas Bariyo at nicholas.bariyo@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 09, 2023 05:57 ET (09:57 GMT)
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