1/7/2024 0 Comments Uganda sea port map![]() ![]() In line with the IGA, the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) and the Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) of Tanzania signed an MoU in 2019 to cooperate in the regulation of the EACOP project activities. On 1 st February 2022, EACOP Ltd, together with the Upstream Oil Companies TEPU and CNOOC announced that they had made the Final Investment Decision (FID) to develop Uganda’s O&G projects. The Minister, MEMD with Members of Parliament (MPs) and Government officials after the passing of the EACOPSpecial Provisions Bill. This culminated in the signing of the Uganda HGA, SHA and TTA on 11 th of April 2021, hence the launch of Uganda’s Oil and Gas(O&G) projects.Īn EACOP Special Provisions Act (2021) was enacted in December 2021 to facilitate the implementation of the EACOP project in Uganda. This was followed by the negotiation of the Transportation and Tariff Agreement (TTA) between EACOP Ltd, Government of Uganda, TEPU, and CNOOC to agree on the commercial arrangements on paying transportation tariffs, and the Shareholders Agreement (SHA) between TotalEnergies SE, UNOC, TPDC and CNOOC to agree on the respective shareholding and management of the EACOP Ltd. Negotiations of a Host Government Agreement (HGA) between the Government of Uganda and EACOP Ltd commenced in February 2018 and were concluded in September 2020. Subsequently, foundation stones for the EACOP were laid both in Tanga and Hoima in August 2017 and November 2017 respectively. ![]() The EACOP project is being developed, and will be operated by EACOP Ltd, a company composed of TotalEnergies SE, UNOC, the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) and the China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC).Īn Inter-Governmental Agreement between Governments of Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania was signed on 26 th May 2017, laying out a framework on how the two (2) States will work together to facilitate the development of the EACOP project. The pipeline is designed to transport two hundred sixteen thousand (216,000) barrels of crude oil per day, with a ramp up of up to two hundred forty-six thousand (246,000) barrels of crude oil per day. The EACOP project is a development project for a one thousand, four hundred and forty-three (1,443)-kilometre heated, insulated, and buried crude oil export pipeline starting at Kabaale, Hoima District, in Uganda and terminating at a Marine Storage Terminal and Load Out Facility at Chongoleani, Tanga District in Tanzania, linking the Albertine Graben in Uganda to the international oil market. This was the birth of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. ![]() The Hoima (Uganda) – Tanga (Tanzania) route was found to be the most economic and robust route option since it was more secure, has less constructability and logistical constraints, and had an already operational port, hence resulting in the lowest possible tariff. ![]() In line with the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on commercialisation of the discovered petroleum resources in Uganda, feasibility studies on the development of a crude oil export pipeline from the Albertine Graben in Uganda to the East African Coast were undertaken with a view of selecting the least cost route for transporting Uganda’s crude oil to the international oil markets. ![]()
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