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UNSTOPPABLE⎮ The 9th Oil & Gas Convention ends with an unwavering resolve by Uganda and its partners to accelerate the journey to first oil The Uganda government together with its partners have once again reassured the whole that the production and commercialisation of her oil and gas resources is well on course and unstoppable. Stakeholders attending the just-ended 09th Oil & Gas Convention were reassured that well-drilling and construction of the central processing facility and supporting infrastructure, as well as the crude oil pipeline were in earnest, while final touches were being put on negotiations for the 60,000 barrels-per-day refinery. Stakeholders were also assured that all project works were being done to global standards and in some cases being optimised above global industry standards.

by Paul Murungi
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Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with highly specialised financial journalism training from South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage involves ground breaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the general Economy.

His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards in business and technology at the ACME Awards.