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THE RULES
Is It Wet Yet?


File: 4326fd0c23a0e3d⋯.png (517.6 KB, 640x480, 4:3, uganda_oil_is_expected_flo….png)

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By: John Hayward

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday held a commissioning ceremony for the first of four massive oil rigs operated by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC).

Museveni proudly boasted that the Chinese drilling operation was initiated despite fierce opposition from the European Union, environmentalists, human rights activists, and the Ugandan political opposition.

Museveni casually dismissed environmental concerns on Tuesday and applauded France for not shutting down an oil project in a different part of Uganda, as it was urged to do by the European Parliament.

“France has not given us trouble. For the EU parliament, we told them to go to hell, but the French government did not cause us any problems,” Museveni said.

“This oil is not a problem at all,” he continued. “First of all, the carbon dioxide which comes out of these fossil fuels is not necessarily a problem if it is handled well.”

The Chinese government likewise dismissed environmental and human rights concerns as mere “excuses” to block China’s development of Uganda’s oil fields.

China’s ambassador to Uganda, Zhang Lizhong, said at the commissioning ceremony the CNOOC project would be “an important milestone in the development of Uganda’s oil industry” and “a landmark project in China-Uganda cooperation,” since it represents China’s “largest investment project in Uganda” to date.

CNOOC is drilling at the Kingfisher oil field near Lake Albert. The project will also include a 900-mile pipeline to Tanzania’s port city of Tanga. One of the major environmental concerns is that the pipeline will run uncomfortably close to Lake Victoria, risking contamination of both animal habitats and human water supplies. At least 40 million people depend on Lake Victoria for water.

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2023/01/26/china-begins-drilling-at-controversial-ugandan-oil-field/

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