Tullow Uganda may be delayed

Output from Ugandan crude deposits being developed by companies including Tullow Oil and Total is unlikely to be exported as soon as the nation expects because of the scale of the infrastructure projects required to move the fuel out of the country.

The government of Uganda, where oil was discovered in 2006, said it expects to begin shipping crude within five years.

To do that, it must overcome challenges facing East Africa neighbours such as Mozambique and Tanzania, where a lack of finance and technical capacity to build multiple, capital-intensive infrastructure projects is delaying the start of natural-gas production.