Tilenga Oil Field (Uganda)

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Tilenga Oil Field is an in development oil field in Uganda.

Along with Kingfisher South Oil Field (Uganda), Tilenga Oil Field is a part of the Lake Albert Development Oil Project (Uganda).

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Tilenga Oil Field

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
Tilenga In development[1][2][3] TotalEnergies[2] TotalEnergies (56.67%); CNOOC Limited (28.33%); Uganda National Oil Company (15.0%)[4] 2022[5] 2027 (expected)[2][6] Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Tilenga Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
crude oil reserves 825 million bbl 2022 [6]
liquids Reserves 1055 million bbl 2022 [2][5]

Table 3: Production from Tilenga Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category Fuel description Quantity Units Data year Source
production design capacity oil 69.35 million bbl/y 2026 [7][8]

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Tilenga Oil Field

Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Uganda[9] Onshore[10] 1.9854, 31.4801 (exact)[9]

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Lake Albert Development complex:

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Background

The Tilenga field has been considered a highly controversial field. It is highly contested and is a part of the larger 900 mile (1,450 km) heated east African crude oil pipeline (EACOP). TotalEnergies plans to drill the Tilenga Field, which includes the Murchison Falls national park, which includes a wetland that is full of critical biodiversity. The controversy has caused the refusal of at least 5 insurers support. French president Emmanuel Macron has committed to getting out of fossil fuel investments, but has backed the EACOP, describing it as a "major opportunity" for the two countries. The project is full of allegations of human rights and environmental violations, including how people will be compensated for their land, protester arrests and opponent intimidation.[11]

Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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