The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has announced the arrival of the first shipment of 100 km of line pipes at the port of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania. This signals the initiation of the main construction phase for the cross-border pipeline project as Uganda races against time to deliver her first oil in 2025 with only a year left. The line pipes were received at an event to mark the historic occasion held between EACOP’s shareholders at the storage yard terminal operated by EACOP’s Tanzania Logistics partner, SuperDoll. The onward transportation of pipes to their point of use will…
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Weeks after French oil and gas major, Total S.A announced suspension of the 1,445-kilometer and USD3.5 billion East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), CEO East Africa understands Total has also halted, among other tenders, the tendering process for a main logistics provider for the Tilenga Project. The ‘Tilenga Project’ refers to the development of six oil fields within Contract Area CA-1, License Area LA-2 (North) and Exploration Area EA-1A in the Albertine Graben, Western Uganda by Total Exploration & Production Uganda B.V., Tullow Uganda Operations Pty Ltd and China National Offshore Oil Company Uganda Limited (CNOOC) The project that forms…
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“I am extremely disappointed. No body gains from the paralysis of these Brexit like discussions.” These were the words of Dr. Elly Karuhanga, the Chairman, Uganda Chamber of Mines & Petroleum in response to news that French oil giant, had suspended indefinitely all planned activities on the $3.5 billion and 1,445 km East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). Total SA is yet to release a formal statement, but an email from Total SA to Main Logistics Contractors on the EACOP, seen by this website, informed them that the “Project is now on hold as bid activity has been suspended indefinitely…
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Total SA has suspended, according to Bloomberg, a US-based online news agency, all planned activities on the $3.5b crude export pipeline. The pipeline, which stretches from Hoima District in western Uganda to Tanzania, is said to have been suspended after the collapse of a deal in which Tullow Oil Plc had hoped to dispose at least 21.7 per cent of its stake in Uganda to joint venture partners Total E&P and CNOOC. Bloomberg reported Wednesday, without providing more details that Total E&P had terminated all activities related to the 1,445-kilometer pipeline. It is not yet clear what impact the suspension…
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