Uganda Refinery Holding Company

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Uganda Refinery Holding Company
Type Parastatal
Industry Petroleum industry
Founded2015
Key people
Pauline Irene Batebe
Chairwoman
Michael Nkambo Mugerwa
General Manager [1]
Productspetroleum, oil, gas

Uganda Refinery Holding Company (URHC), is a government of Uganda-owned parastatal company, that is a 100 percent subsidiary of the Uganda National Oil Company, whose purpose is to hold the shareholding in the Uganda Oil Refinery and related infrastructure, that is assigned to the Ugandan government. The company was incorporated as a private limited liability company, under the Companies Act of 2012. [2]

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Location

The headquarters of UNOC are located at the 4th Floor, Amber House, 29-33 Kampala Road in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. [2] The coordinates of UNOC headquarters are: 0°18'48.0"N, 32°34'55.0"E (Latitude:0.313333; Longitude:32.581944). [3]

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References

  1. Odyek, John (11 January 2017). "Oil Body Appoints Nkambo General Manager". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 Petroleum Uganda (28 April 2017). "The Uganda Refinery Holding Company (URHC) is Recruiting A Refinery Project Engineer" (PDF). Kampala: Petroleum.go.ug (Petroleum Uganda). Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. Google (29 November 2017). "Location of the Headquarters of Uganda Refinery Holding Company (URHC)" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

Coordinates: 00°18′48″N32°34′55″E / 0.31333°N 32.58194°E / 0.31333; 32.58194