{"id":14342,"date":"2020-09-13T18:12:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T18:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=14342"},"modified":"2020-09-13T18:12:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T18:12:02","slug":"uganda-tanzania-sign-agreement-for-construction-of-crude-oil-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/uganda-tanzania-sign-agreement-for-construction-of-crude-oil-pipeline","title":{"rendered":"Uganda, Tanzania sign agreement for construction of crude oil pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:\u00a0Reuters<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Tanzania and Uganda signed an agreement on Sunday paving the way for the construction of a crude oil pipeline running from Ugandan oilfields to the Tanzanian port of Tanga, a Tanzanian government spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>Uganda discovered\u00a0oil reserves in 2006\u00a0and needs the planned 1,445-km (900-mile) East African Crude Oil Pipeline to be in place to start commercial production.<\/p>\n<p>The pipeline is estimated to cost $3.5 billion, according to the two governments.\u00a0Hassan Abassi, Tanzania government spokesman, said on Twitter that 80 per cent of the pipeline will run through Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>Tanzania will earn 7.5 trillion shillings ($3.24 billion) and create more than 18,000 jobs over the next 25 years, or more, that the project is in place, Abassi said after the signing ceremony attended by Tanzania\u2019s President John Magufuli and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in Chato, northwestern Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>Uganda has not given a date for when\u00a0construction of the pipeline\u00a0will begin but said last year that once construction begins, it would take 2-1\/2 to three years to complete.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement on the pipeline construction comes days after French oil company Total said it had reached an agreement with Uganda protecting its rights and obligations in the pipeline\u2019s construction and operation &#8211; known as the host government agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Total is the major shareholder in Uganda\u2019s oilfields after agreeing in April to buy Tullow Oil\u2019s entire stake in the jointly held onshore fields in Uganda for $575 million.\u00a0Tullow said last week it was confident of finalising the sale in the fourth quarter of this year.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-group readmore my-3\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The other partner in the 230,000 barrel-per-day project is China\u2019s CNOOC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author:\u00a0Reuters AfricaPress-Kenya: Tanzania and Uganda signed an agreement on Sunday paving the way for the construction of a crude oil pipeline running from Ugandan oilfields to the Tanzanian port of Tanga, a Tanzanian government spokesman said. 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