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News | EAST AFRICAN CRUDE OIL PIPELINE (EACOP) PROJECT

The French company’s TOTAL CEO Patrick Pouyanné attended a ceremony in Uganda to mark the decision.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan also signed the tripartite agreement, in Entebbe.

The pipeline will run from western Uganda to Tanga, a port in Tanzania. It will be able to carry around 230,000 barrels per day of crude, which it will have to heat.

The two heads of state noted that they had taken steps to conclude tariff and transportation agreements, the host government agreement (HGA) for Uganda and the shareholding agreement on EACOP.

Tanzania also committed to signing an HGA on the project “and related agreements” with the EACOP company.