Uganda: Armour Energy signs for Kanywataba Block

Australia’s Armour Energy has been granted an exploration licence for the Kanywataba Block at the southern end of Lake Albert following Uganda’s first licensing round in 2015. The 344km2 acreage was previously operated by CNOOC, which drilled an unsuccessful well in 2012, but the block was among the areas relinquished by the consortium developing the main Albertine Graben fields. A crude oil export pipeline is planned to be built from Lake Albert to the Tanzanian port of Tanga.