Natural Gas And Uranium Discovered In Uganda

Ugandan energy ministry's permanent secretary Kalisa Kabagambe said "In the long-term, we shall need to satisfy the demand for energy which will be around 20,000 megawatts in the next 25 years and we think that nuclear fuel will help mitigate the energy deficit." Uganda, which relies mainly on hydro-electric power, has been hit by shortages due to the falling levels of water in Lake Victoria.

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Kampala (AFP) Jul 15, 2007
An oil exploration company discovered natural gas in western Uganda while prospecting for oil, the energy ministry said Sunday, adding that uranium prospects had also been found at three sites across the country. The Irish exploration company Tullow Oil PLC chanced on gas in the Hoima district last week, the energy ministry's permanent secretary Kalisa Kabagambe told AFP.

"The idea was to establish the extent of oil deposits in the area, but the hydrocarbons found flowed gas instead, which was not anticipated in the studies carried out," Kabagambe told AFP.

"It looks like very good gas but its components have to be studied," said Honey Malinga, a commissioner in the petroleum exploration and production department.

Kabagambe also said prospects for uranium, which is used as fuel in nuclear reactors, had been discovered in three regions across the country.

"We have discovered prospects for uranium in southwestern Uganda, in eastern Uganda and central Uganda," he said, adding the find could help solve the country's energy crisis.

"In the long-term, we shall need to satisfy the demand for energy which will be around 20,000 megawatts in the next 25 years and we think that nuclear fuel will help mitigate the energy deficit."

Uganda, which relies mainly on hydro-electric power, has been hit by shortages due to the falling levels of water in Lake Victoria.

By mid-2005 the supply of electricity plunged into a crisis with Lake Victoria'a water level falling to its lowest level in 50 years.

Source: Agence France-Presse

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