Explore the acreage
Advance geological and geophysical understanding of the Kasuruban contract area and identify prospective resources.
Upstream · Exploration & New Ventures
Exploring Uganda’s next petroleum frontier.
UNOC is building the exploration capability, partnerships and operating experience needed to replace reserves, discover new resources and progress toward long-term independent operatorship.
KASURUBANTURACONGAJI
Exploration licenceKasuruban · Western Uganda
1,285km² Kasuruban contract area
3districts covered
2023licence and PSA awarded
1stUNOC-operated exploration opportunity
Project overview
Building national capability through exploration.
UNOC acquired a petroleum exploration licence for Kasuruban, an oil and gas block in Western Uganda, following Uganda’s second licensing round. The contract area spans approximately 1,285 square kilometres across Buliisa, Hoima and Masindi districts.
The licence and Production Sharing Agreement give UNOC the opportunity to undertake its first exploration work as a national oil company while building the technical depth required to become an independent operator over the long term.
Contract area1,285 km²Kasuruban, Western Uganda
Geographic reach3 districtsBuliisa · Hoima · Masindi
Strategic roleNew VenturesReserves replacement and capability building
Exploration programme
From licence award to operatorship capability.
Exploration & New Ventures combines acreage evaluation, subsurface work, strategic partnerships and institutional capability-building into a pathway toward new petroleum discoveries.
Build technical depth
Use hands-on exploration activity to strengthen UNOC’s subsurface, technical, commercial and project capabilities.
Strategic partnership
Pursue a reputable joint-venture partner with the technical, financial and operating experience required for exploration.
Future operatorship
Translate exploration experience into the long-term national capability required for UNOC to operate petroleum assets independently.
Strategic ambition
Exploration as a platform for national capability.
Kasuruban gives UNOC a practical platform to pursue reserves replacement, deepen upstream expertise and build the experience required to take a larger operating role in Uganda’s petroleum sector.
Pursue additional petroleum resources and reserves through disciplined exploration.
Build in-house technical expertise through direct participation in exploration work.
Progress toward UNOC’s long-term strategic goal of independent operatorship.
Kasuruban journey
A national oil company entering exploration.
Second licensing round
Kasuruban was among the five blocks announced under Uganda’s second petroleum licensing round.
PSA and licence
UNOC signed the Production Sharing Agreement and received the petroleum exploration licence for the Kasuruban contract area.
Exploration programme
Undertake exploration work, mature prospects and build the operating experience needed to pursue additional resources.
Continue exploring