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Uganda's oil production starts in 2022

A boy herds goats in front of a Tullow Oil drilling rig in Bulisa, Bunyora region of Uganda in 2010. [Reuters]

Uganda expects to begin producing oil in 2022, its energy minister Irene Muloni said last week, indicating a slight delay from the country’s revised target of 2021.

Uganda discovered crude reserves more than 10 years ago but production has been repeatedly delayed by disagreements with field operators over taxes and development strategy.

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