Tazama Pipeline
The Tazama Pipeline, also Tanzania–Zambia Crude Oil Pipeline, is a Script error: No such module "convert". long crude oil pipeline from the port of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, to the Indeni Petroleum Refinery in Ndola, Zambia.[1]
Location
The Tazama pipeline extends from the Indian Ocean port of Dar es Salaam, in Tanzania to the industrial city of Ndola, Zambia, in the Copperbelt Province, close to the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The pipeline travels approximately 1060 miles (1,710 kilometers).[2] For Script error: No such module "convert". the pipeline has a diameter of Script error: No such module "convert"., and for the remaining Script error: No such module "convert"., the pipeline diameter is Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] According to the map at the pipeline website, the pipeline passes through or near the following cities and towns: Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, Epass, Iringa, Mbeya, Chinsali, Mpika, Kalonje and Ndola.[2]
Overview
The Tazama Crude Oil Pipeline was constructed to transport crude oil from the port of Dar-es-Salaam into landlocked Zambia, at an affordable, sustainable economic cost. When installed in 1968, the pipeline had a carrying capacity of Script error: No such module "convert". annually.[2] By 2002, carrying capacity had deteriorated to Script error: No such module "convert". annually.[1]
Associated infrastructure owned by Tazama in Tanzania, includes the tank farm in Dar es Salaam consisting of six storage tanks onshore, which comprise three tanks of Script error: No such module "convert". capacity combined and three tanks of combined capacity of Script error: No such module "convert".. There are seven pump stations in total between Dar-es-Salaam and Ndola; five stations in Tanzania and two in Zambia.[1]
Ownership
The pipeline is owned and operated by a company called Tazama Pipelines Limited, with headquarters in Ndola Zambia and an office in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. TAZAMA stands for Tanzania Zambia Mafuta. "Mafuta" means "Oil" in Kiswahili.[2] The table below illustrates the shareholding in the shares of stock of Tazama Pipelines Limited.[1][2]
| Rank | Name of owner | Percentage ownership |
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| 2 | Government of Tanzania | 33.30 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Operation
Due to age and lack of regular maintenance, the Tazama pipeline suffers corrosion and develops leaks from time to time. Repair of those leaks is necessary to avoid environmental degradation.[3][4]
Due to inability by Tazama Pipeline and Indeni Petroleum Refinery to supply all the refined petroleum products that Zambia requires, in the desired quantities, the government of Zambia and that of Tanzania, are contemplating building a Script error: No such module "convert". refined petroleum products pipeline at an estimated cost of US$1.5 billion. No timeframe has been given.[5]
References
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External links
- Official Website
- Zambia Set for a Fuel Pipeline Upgrade As of 25 September 2023.
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