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East African Crude Oil Pipeline
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The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), also known as the Uganda–Tanzania Crude Oil Pipeline (UTCOP),[5][4] is a 1,443 km crude oil pipeline in planning since 2013, with a foundation stone nominally under construction since 2017[6] and intended to transport crude oil from Uganda's Tilenga and Kingfisher oil fields to the Port of Tanga, Tanzania on the Indian Ocean.[7]
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Location | |
Country | Uganda & Tanzania |
Coordinates | 01°15′54″S 31°40′33″E |
General direction | West to Southeast |
From | Hoima, Uganda |
Passes through | Bukoba, Tanzania |
To | Tanga, Tanzania |
General information | |
Type | crude oil pipeline |
Partners | TotalEnergies |
Commissioned | 2025 (Expected)[1][2] |
Technical information | |
Length | 897 mi (1,444 km) |
Maximum discharge | 216,000 barrels per day[3] |
Diameter | 24[4] in (610 mm) |
Uganda wants to develop its oilfields under the two projects Tilenga, operated by TotalEnergies, and Kingfisher by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). In 2021, EACOP was owned by TotalEnergies at 65 percent, Uganda's National Oil Company (UNOC) at 15 percent, Tanzania at 15 per cent and CNOOC at 5 percent. The price of the project has increased to US$5 billion. Financing as of January 2024 remained uncertain, as 24 banks have distanced themselves from the project with only two banks namely Standard Bank, through its subsidiary Stanbic Bank Uganda, and Sinosure still advising on the project.
Once completed, the pipeline would be the longest electrically heated crude oil pipeline in the world.[8] Because of the large scale displacement of communities and wildlife, the threat to water resources and contribution to anthropogenic climate change global environmental groups and the EU have been protesting its construction and finance.[9][10] Peaceful activism and protests in Uganda have been met with repression and arrests.