Horn of Africa Pipeline

Overview:

• Horn of Africa Pipeline.
• The 550km pipeline will carry oil between the Port of Djibouti to Awash in Ethiopia and will replace the current 500 trucks a day that transport oil over the same route.
• The pipeline will be able to handle 240,000 barrels of fuel per day.
• Alongside the pipeline itself the project also includes the construction of an import facility, buffer storage tank farm and pump and monitoring stations.
• The project is being developed by the Black Rhino Group (an infrastructure investor owned by Blackstone) in a joint venture with MOGS, a subsidiary of Royal Bafokeng Holdings.
• It is expected to be completed in 2018.
• The project is being developed in part in response to Ethiopia's increasing demand for oil, which is growing at an estimated rate of 15% per year.

Sam Duke - Editor