Rwanda Petroleum Exploration Capacity Building Project

The petroleum sector is not very well developed at the present time in Rwanda. The only petroleum related activity at this time in Rwanda is the extraction of dissolved methane from the waters of Lake Kivu. This report is the result of a short term consulting contract with the World Bank Group and FJG energy advisors concluded on September 1st 2009. This report is a result of a mission to Rwanda September 12th-25th, 2009. It is not intended as an in depth analysis of the capacity needs for the petroleum sector in Rwanda, as this was completed in March 2009 by bridge consult AS, but rather as an evaluation of the 'practical and operational' perspectives in developing a local petroleum industry focused on exploration. Further advice in dealing with potential interested companies was also offered in the context of an overarching petroleum policy. The main objectives of the assignment were to: enhance the familiarity on the part of key government officials with the main technical and economic concepts of the petroleum exploration and production industry; develop understanding within Government of Rwanda of the potential impacts (positive and negative) of an active petroleum exploration and production industry in a developing country; familiarize government officials with the fundamental policy issues they will face as petroleum exploration and development activities unfold in Rwanda with an emphasis on those up-front policy decisions needed at the earliest phases of activity; and prepare key officials to take a front line role in policy formulation and negotiation with private investors.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2009-10
Subjects:	APPROACH, ARCHITECTURE, AVAILABILITY, AVERAGE COSTS, BARREL, BEST PRACTICE, BODY OF INFORMATION, BOUNDARIES, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, CAPACITY BUILDING, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CHEMICAL REACTIONS, CHEMISTRY, CO2, COMPETENCY, CONDUCTIVITY, CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS, CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, COVERS, CRUDE OIL, CURRENT KNOWLEDGE, DATA COLLECTION, DEVELOPMENT WELLS, DIFFUSION, DIKES, DISCOVERY, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSIONS, DOCUMENTS, DRAFTING, DRILLING, EARTHQUAKES, ECOLOGY, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC FACTORS, ECONOMIC VALUE, ECONOMICS, ELECTRIC POWER, ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY, ENERGY CONSERVATION, ENERGY GENERATION, ENERGY POLICY, ENERGY STRATEGY, ENGINEERS, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTS, EXPENDITURES, EXPLOITATION, EXPLORATION PERIOD, EXPLORATION WORK, EXTRACTION, FANS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FISCAL REGIME, FISCAL SYSTEM, FLEXIBILITY, GAS ACTIVITIES, GAS COMPANIES, GAS CONTRACT, GAS DISCOVERIES, GAS EXTRACTION, GAS FIELD, GAS FIELDS, GAS GENERATION, GAS IN PLACE, GAS INDUSTRY, GAS LAW, GAS PRICES, GAS RESERVOIRS, GAS RESOURCE, GAS RESOURCES, GAS WELL, GASES, GEOLOGICAL DATA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOPHYSICS, HYDROCARBON ACCUMULATION, HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL, HYDROCARBONS, IDEAS, INCOME TAX, INSTRUCTORS, INTEGRATION, INTERNATIONAL OIL COMPANIES, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES, KNOWLEDGE BASE, LEADING, LEARNING, LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE, METHANE, METHANE GAS, MINERAL, MINES, NATIONAL ENERGY, NATIONAL OIL, NATURAL GAS, NITROGEN, OIL, OIL & GAS, OIL AND GAS, OIL COMPANY, OIL DISCOVERIES, OIL EXPLORATION, OIL INDUSTRY, OIL PRODUCTION, OIL RECOVERY, OIL WELLS, PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM CONTRACTS, PETROLEUM ENGINEERING, PETROLEUM EXPLORATION, PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, PETROLEUM INDUSTRY, PETROLEUM LAW, PETROLEUM POLICY, PETROLEUM PRODUCTION, PETROLEUM PROVINCE, PETROLEUM REGULATIONS, PETROLEUM RESERVOIR, PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS, PETROLEUM RESOURCE, PETROLEUM SECTOR, PETROLEUM SHARING CONTRACT, PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY, PHYSICISTS, POLICY DECISIONS, POLLUTION, POROSITY, POTENTIAL INVESTORS, PRESSURE, PRICE OF OIL, PRIVATE INVESTORS, PRODUCTION ENGINEERING, PROSPECTIVE BASINS, REFLECTION, RESERVOIR, RESERVOIRS, RIVERS, ROCK FORMATION, ROCK PROPERTIES, ROCKS, SAFETY, SEA FLOOR, SEDIMENTOLOGY, SEDIMENTS, SEISMIC ACQUISITION, SEISMIC CREW, SEISMIC DATA, SEISMIC INTERPRETATION, SEISMIC REFLECTIONS, SEISMIC SURVEYS, STRATIGRAPHY, STRUCTURES, SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY, SUBSURFACE ROCK, TECHNICIANS, TEMPERATURE, VARIETY, VELOCITY, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/10/16465270/rwanda-petroleum-exploration-capacity-building-project https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12682
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