Uganda’s Monitor reported that TotalEnergies, Uganda National Oil Company, Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation and Chinese CNOOC’s JV East African Crude Oil Pipeline says it is no longer dealing with Russian Chelpipe, which was tipped for the USD 165 tender to supply a substantial quantity, at least 60% of line pipes for the construction of the 1,443km duct running from mid-western Uganda in Hoima to Tanzania’s Indian Ocean Tanga port. The EACOP managing director Mr Martin Tiffen told Monitor that owing to the heavy sanction regime slapped on Russian companies by the United States and its European allies, they are not procuring anything from Moscow for the multi-billion dollar project financed through a mix of 40% as equity pooled by the project shareholders and 60% as external debt from international banks. Other bidders include a joint venture of India’s Welspun & JFE Steel and Greece’s Corinth Pipeworks. EACOP is being constructed in parallel with two upstream development projects which are not part of EACOP development and investment, known as Tilenga and Kingfisher respectively. Each development will consist of a Central Processing Facility to separate and treat the oil, water and gas produced by the wells. Kingfisher will have 4 well pads and a CPF with a peak daily capacity of 42000 bbl per day, Tilenga has 31 wellpads and a 204000 bbl per day CPF. Tilenga and Kingfisher CPFs will be connected by feeder lines to the starting point of EACOP at Kabaale. Here the oil will be metered and then comingled into a single stream. The Ugandan Refinery project has a right of first call to 60,000 bbl per day, with the remainder of the oil being exported via EACOP. The project shareholders are TotalEnergie 62%, Uganda National Oil Company 15%, Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation 15% and China’s oil company CNOOC 8%
Uganda’s Monitor reported that TotalEnergies, Uganda National Oil Company, Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation and Chinese CNOOC’s JV East African Crude Oil Pipeline says it is no longer dealing with Russian Chelpipe, which was tipped for the USD 165 tender to supply a substantial quantity, at least 60% of line pipes for the construction of the 1,443km duct running from mid-western Uganda in Hoima to Tanzania’s Indian Ocean Tanga port. The EACOP managing director Mr Martin Tiffen told Monitor that owing to the heavy sanction regime slapped on Russian companies by the United States and its European allies, they are not procuring anything from Moscow for the multi-billion dollar project financed through a mix of 40% as equity pooled by the project shareholders and 60% as external debt from international banks. Other bidders include a joint venture of India’s Welspun & JFE Steel and Greece’s Corinth Pipeworks. EACOP is being constructed in parallel with two upstream development projects which are not part of EACOP development and investment, known as Tilenga and Kingfisher respectively. Each development will consist of a Central Processing Facility to separate and treat the oil, water and gas produced by the wells. Kingfisher will have 4 well pads and a CPF with a peak daily capacity of 42000 bbl per day, Tilenga has 31 wellpads and a 204000 bbl per day CPF. Tilenga and Kingfisher CPFs will be connected by feeder lines to the starting point of EACOP at Kabaale. Here the oil will be metered and then comingled into a single stream. The Ugandan Refinery project has a right of first call to 60,000 bbl per day, with the remainder of the oil being exported via EACOP. The project shareholders are TotalEnergie 62%, Uganda National Oil Company 15%, Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation 15% and China’s oil company CNOOC 8%
