This archive report was first published on 15 June 2021.
On June 14, 2021, Total announced the award of a $1.9 billion deal for the construction of its Lake Albert oil production Tilenga project in Uganda to a consortium led by British and Chinese firms.
The consortium includes CB&I UK Limited, a McDermott subsidiary company, and Chinese firm Sinopec International Petroleum Corporation, which will handle the Engineering, Procurement, Supply, Construction and Commissioning (EPSCC) contracts as well as five drilling packages for the Tilenga project located in Nwoya and Buliisa Districts.
Other firms in the deal are Schlumberger Oilfield Eastern Limited, Vallourec Oil and Gas France, and ZPEB Uganda Co. Limited, which have been awarded contracts for various packages, including well engineering, procurement, and drilling services.
According to Pierre Jessua, General Manager, Total E&P Uganda, the award of these contracts underscores the company's commitment to developing the Tilenga project while maximising value and viability of the project, and observing the most stringent Health, Safety, Social, Environment and Quality standards.
The companies involved have also made significant commitments to promoting national content through employing Ugandans, use of local goods and services, and technology transfer.
The Tilenga project has a production capacity of 190,000 barrels of oil per day and includes six fields to be developed, 426 wells to be drilled from 31 well pads, and one central processing facility located in Buliisa, outside the Murchison Falls National Park.
