The Vice-President of Total East Africa, Mr Javier Rielo, assured
President John Magufuli that preparations for the construction of the
1,410-kilometre oil pipeline from Lake Albert in Uganda to Tanga Port in
Tanzania are in good progress, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has
shown interest in using the facility.
Mr Rielo made the assurance in Dar es
Salaam yesterday when he met with President Magufuli to brief him on the
progress of work on the construction of the pipeline. He said that his
company is determined to ensure that the project is successfully
implemented.
The construction of the pipeline, with
the capacity of transporting 200,000 barrels per day, will provide 1,500
direct employment and 20,000 indirect employments. Speaking after
receiving the report, President Magufuli said he believed the project
will be of great benefit to Tanzania, Uganda, Total Company and
neighbouring countries.
He assured Mr Rielo of his government’s
cooperation in implementing the project despite Tanzania’s geographical
position being one of the advantages for the project.
Meanwhile, the DR Congo government has
shown interest in using the pipeline for transporting its crude oil. DRC
Minister In-charge of Hydrocarbons, Mr Ngoi Mukena, said in Dar es
Salaam yesterday that his country has discovered a lot of oil and
preferred to use the crude oil pipeline because the area where the oil
has been found is close to it.
“I believe that if my country will
succeed in using the pipeline, it will be beneficial to both countries
in addition to being one way of strengthening our bilateral relations,”
he remarked.
According to Mr Mukena, his country will
start transporting 30,000 barrels per day, the amount to increase up to
100,000 barrel per day. The Minister for Energy and Minerals, Professor
Sospeter Muhongo, said that the pipeline will transport not only crude
oil from Uganda, which the DRC government has shown interest in using
it.
He said that the Congolese government
had shown interest even before the construction of the pipeline has
started to allow Tanzania to consider its request when the work begins.
Prof Muhongo said that upon completion, the pipeline will have the
capacity of transporting 200,000 barrels per day, with Tanzania
benefitting through taxes and tariffs from the companies, which will be
using the pipeline.
In another development, Prof Muhongo
reported that they have agreed to conduct joint exploration of oil and
gas along Lake Tanganyika and share the revenue upon the discovery of
the natural resources.
He explained that Lake Tanganyika is
shared by four countries, including Tanzania, DRC, Burundi and Zambia
and hence experts from the countries will convene several meetings
between this month and October to see how the agreement can be
implemented. In April, the government said that construction of the
1,403-kilometre pipeline is expected to be completed by June 2020.
The companies with stake in the
discovered oil in Uganda include Total E&P of France, Tullow Oil of
United Kingdom as well as China National Offshore Oil Corporation.
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