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Tanzania issues construction
licence to EACOP Ltd
TANZANIA TANZANIA has formally authorised the con- comply with not only the laws of Tanzania and
struction of its section of the East Africa Crude Uganda but also with the most stringent inter-
Oil Pipeline (EACOP), which will carry petro- national standards,” she was quoted as saying by
leum from western Uganda to the shores of the AFP.
Indian Ocean. Equity in EACOP Ltd is split between
According to a report from AFP, Tanzania’s TotalEnergies (France), with 62%; Uganda
government issued a certificate authorising National Oil Co. (UNOC), with 15%; Tanzania
EACOP Ltd, the consortium set up to build the Petroleum Development Corp. (TPDC), with
pipeline, to move forward with construction 15%; and China National Offshore Oil Corp.
work earlier this week. It did so just a few weeks (CNOOC), with 8%. The partners aim to build
after Uganda’s issuance of a similar document to a 1,443-km pipeline from Hoima in western
EACOP Ltd, so the consortium now has author- Uganda to Tanga on Tanzania’s Indian Ocean
isation to build both sections of the link, which coast. The link will be heated to compensate for
will eventually be 1,443 km long.Wendy Brown, the waxy nature of the crude, and it will be the
the consortium’s general manager for Tanzania, longest heated pipe in the world.
thanked the government for its issuance of the EACOP is the midstream component of
new authorisation. the Lake Albert Development Project (LADP),
“This construction approval marks another a $10bn initiative that aims to monetise Ugan-
step forward to EACOP as it allows commence- da’s crude oil resources. It will carry production
ment of the main construction activities in Tan- from the Tilenga and Kingfisher oilfields, which
zania, upon completion of the ongoing land France’s TotalEnergies and China National Off-
access process,” she remarked. With respect to shore Oil Corp.
land access, Brown noted that around 13,000 (CNOOC) aim to bring online in 2025.
of the households affected by the pipeline pro- CNOOC’s Kingfisher field and TotalEner-
ject had been compensated. Only 4% of those gies’ Tilenga field will eventually see yields top
affected have been displaced, she added. 250,000 barrels per day, with 216,000 bpd flow-
She went on to say that EACOP Ltd and its ing to world markets via EACOP. The balance
shareholders were committed to minimising will be directed to a 60,000-bpd refinery in
the project’s ecological impact along the route Uganda, which will turn out fuels for consump-
of the oil pipeline. The pipeline consortium “will tion in local and regional markets.
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