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Uganda receives first batch of line pipes for EACOP 

EACOP Ltd has achieved another key milestone by receiving delivery of first batch of insulated line pipe for construction at the Main Camp and Pipe Yard(MCPY)4, in Kyotera District.

Another milestone in the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has been reached with the first delivery of nine trucks loaded with coated line pipes at Main Camp and Pipe Yard (MCPY) 4 in Kyotera District, Uganda.  The coated line pipes will be transported to designated storage sites and laid along the 1,443-kilometer heat-traced crude oil pipeline. The EACOP will transport Uganda’s crude oil from the Hoima Terminal in Uganda to Tanga Port in Tanzania, where it will be exported to international markets.  To date, the project has received 800 kilometres of line pipes, which are currently…

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Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with extensive financial journalism training from institutions in South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage focuses on groundbreaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the General Economy.

His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards for his articles on business and technology at the ACME Awards.

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