The London-based oil company Tullow Oil Plc has discovered natural gas in western Uganda, which the government says will be used for solving the country's power shortages, The Associated Press quoted officials as saying today. «We struck gas while looking for oil,» Houer Flusee, a company official, said. «We are to study its components to establish its quality. But it seems to be good gas.» The oil explorer was drilling the Nzizi well to check the extent of oil deposits but the hydrocarbons found turned out to be natural gas, said Honey Malinga, head of petroleum exploration and production department in the Ministry of Energy.
