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To go with story by Edward Reed. Companies have submitted the application to begin building the EACOP link, from Uganda to Tanzania. Picture shows; Submitting the application for EACOP. Uganda. Supplied by UNOC Date; 03/07/2022

EACOP submits construction application to Uganda

04/07/2022

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) company has applied to the Ugandan government for a licence to begin construction.

Two men and a woman stand in front of a red carpet

Pipelines

Total gives greenlight in Uganda

11/04/2021

By Ed Reed

Uganda has approved Total's ESIA plan for the EACOP link, which will carry oil from Lake Albert to the Tanzanian coast.

Pipelines

Uganda approves EACOP study

03/12/2020

By Ed Reed

Uganda’s National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has approved Total East Africa Midstream’s (TEAM) environmental report on the Ugandan part of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

Total faces a Versailles court hearing on its duty of vigilance for its operations in Tanzania and Uganda, under an action brought by six NGOs.

Africa

Uganda signs Total, Tanzania deals

14/09/2020

By Ed Reed

Uganda has signed a host government agreement (HGA) with Total on the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), followed by new declarations with Tanzania on the link.

China's CPTDC has won work to provide compressors for the Songo Songo gas field in Tanzania under a contract with Orca Energy, worth $38mn.

Africa

Uganda-Tanzania pipeline construction planned for 2021

12/05/2020

By Ed Reed

Work on the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is expected to begin in April following a final investment decision (FID), according to a budget speech from the Tanzanian Minister of Energy.

Aerial shot of a drilling rig on the side of a lake

Africa

French NGOs pressure Total over Uganda work

24/10/2019

By Ed Reed

A group of NGOs has filed in a French court to compel Total to disclose details of its human rights and environmental plans in Uganda.