Hoima-Tanga crude oil pipeline

Overview:

• Hoima-Tanga pipeline.
• Total E&P, Tullow Oil and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) are developing a 1403km pipeline to transport crude oil from Hoima in Uganda to Tanga port in Tanzania.
• The project will transport 200,000 barrels of crude a day and is set to be complete by June 2020
• An alternative plan had been for Uganda to run its oil exports through Kenya but ultimately Tanzania was chosen.
• Uganda has around 2.2 billion barrels of recoverable oil and intends to build a refinery in the west of the country.

Sam Duke - Editor