Uganda's Pearl Sweet crude faces wax, pipeline hurdles as first exports near

Uganda is set to enter the oil export market with its new Pearl Sweet crude grade, targeting 230,000 b/d at plateau from two projects. However, the crude's high wax content requires heating through the supply chain, raising costs and limiting buyers, while production deadlines slip and the export pipeline remains incomplete. This marks a significant but uncertain step for the landlocked economy's untapped revenue stream.