Lake Albert Development Oil Project (Uganda)

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Lake Albert Development Oil Project is an in development oil project in Uganda.

The project consists of the following units:

• Kingfisher South Oil Field (Uganda)
• Tilenga Oil Field (Uganda)

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Project-level project details for Lake Albert Development Oil Project

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Lake Albert Development	In development	–	TotalEnergies (56.67%); CNOOC Limited (28.33%); Uganda National Oil Company (15.0%)	–	2022	2026 (expected)	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Lake Albert Development Oil Project

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	reserves	1000	million bbl	[not stated]	​

Table 3: Production from Lake Albert Development Oil Project

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production design capacity	oil	83.95	million bbl/y	2025

Location

Table 4: Project-level location details for Lake Albert Development Oil Project

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
CA-1, LA-2	Unknown, Uganda	Unknown	2.3046, 31.4273 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the project:

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