Refinery Kabaale Uganda Tender

Scope Construction of a crude oil refinery. The crude oil refinery will be constructed at Kabaale village in Hoima district. The refinery is expected to produce 60000 barrels per day which is expected to double once the project is completed. Land of 29 square kilometers in Kabaale Parish in Hoima District has been secured for the construction of the US2.5bn infrastructure alongside an aerodrome staff quarters chemical treating plants and amenities like hospitals. The refinery will be developed in two phases starting with 30000 barrels-per day to allow oil production start in 2017 but another subsequent phase will be added by 2020 Project will mark the start of Ugandas energy independence and enhance the energy security by unleashing opportunity of the countrys rich oil resources. Uganda is sitting on an estimated 3.5 billion barrels of crude oil. The government is in the process of evaluating bids from qualified investors to undertake the project.Once complete the government will hold a 40 stake in the project while Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium AGRC the company contracted to build the refinery will hold the other 60.Ugandas oil refinery will start operations in 2027. The refinery which is expected to produce 60000 barrels of oil per day is expected to be built in Kabaale Buseruka sub-county in Hoima District. The refinery if realised within the stipulated period will start operating two years after Uganda has attained first oil expected in 2025.The government of Uganda has approved a plan by the Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium AGRCcomprised of YAATRA Africa LLC Mauritius Lionworks Group Ltd. Mauritius Baker Hughes General Electrics BHGE Italian subsidiary Nuovo Pignone International SRL and Saipem SPA of Italyto have Saipem move forward with both front-end engineering design FEED as well as engineering procurement and construction EPC of a grassroots 60000-bd refinery in Kabaale in western Ugandas Hoima district Approval of Saipem as FEED and EPC contractor follows AGRCs initial 68-million FEED contract award to the service provider in August 2018 following the consortiums original project framework agreement PFA for the proposed refinery signed with Ugandas Ministry of Energy Mineral Development and state-owned Uganda National Oil Co. earlier that year. Under the 2018 PFA the BHGE-led AGRC will be responsible for funding all pre-FID activities for the project as well as construction and operation of the refinery which is to be developed as a commercially viable venture with a regional market focus. Previously slated for startup in 2020 the refinery project aims to create greater independence for the domestic Ugandan market by reducing imports of oil and refined products from other countries as well as ensure a hub for refined products for the East African market. Once completed the refinerywhich is to be equipped with the latest processing technologies