New report on Uganda oilfield rattles industry

Oil industry players involved in Uganda’s extraction project in the Albertine Basin have been rattled after a damning new report on the environmental conservation of the area, just as officials were seeking financing in China.

It came as Uganda’s oil project leaders looked for money, possibly from the Chinese lenders, for the crude oil pipeline meant to run from the Albertine Basin to the coast of Tanzania, to help Uganda export its oil.

Based on 98 interviews conducted in the project area, the report alleges serious and widespread human rights abuses, including sexual…