East African Crude Oil Pipeline Achieves 62% Completion Milestone
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has reached a significant construction milestone with 62% overall completion, positioning Uganda to achieve first oil production before the end of 2026. Project managers expressed strong confidence in meeting delivery timelines during recent field tours of construction sites.
Pump Station One in Buseruka Sub-county, Hoima District, has achieved 67% completion according to Lot One Manager Hadi Watfa. The facility will serve as a critical hub for receiving crude oil from both Tilenga and Kingfisher fields, pushing it through the 1,443-kilometer heated pipeline to Tanzania’s Tanga port.
Pipeline installation progress has been particularly impressive, with 75 kilometers of the 96-kilometer feeder pipeline from Tilenga oil fields already welded. Moses Kirumira, Deputy Construction Manager, confirmed the entire feeder pipeline will be buried before year-end, with significant work being executed by Ugandan engineers and technicians.
The 50-kilometer feeder pipeline from the Kingfisher oil project has reached 95% completion, bringing Uganda significantly closer to beginning oil production. Merian Ahabwe, EACOP’s National Content Manager, emphasized that construction camps and critical stations remain aligned with project timelines.
The $5 billion EACOP project, jointly implemented by TotalEnergies, CNOOC Uganda, UNOC, and Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation, will become the world’s longest heated crude oil pipeline upon completion, transporting crude from Uganda’s Albertine Graben to global markets via the Indian Ocean.
Source: nilepost.co.ug
