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Tanzania:
Dar es Salaam, Uganda Pipeline Deal Seen
Daily News, 29 March 2016
Tanzania is highly optimistic of striking an agreement with Uganda over construction of the 1,410-kilometre crude oil pipeline from Hoima, given the former's competitive advantage. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Tanga-Kampala Pipeline 'Won't Traverse Through Serengeti Park'
Daily News, 28 March 2016
The nearly 1,500 kilometres long proposed pipeline linking the country's Tanga port to Uganda's Lake Albert Basin, will not traverse through Serengeti National Park as some online… Read more »
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Uganda:
Oil Pipeline - Uganda Should Opt for the Southern Route
Monitor, 28 March 2016
It was reported in Daily Monitor recently that the French oil giant, Total, was ready to finance the building of a crude oil pipeline from Uganda's Albertine Graben to the… Read more »
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East Africa:
Tanzania Now Joins Talks to Resolve Oil Pipeline Triangle and Seeks Route for Its Natural Gas
East African, 27 March 2016
Tanzania has joined Kenya and Uganda in the search for a least cost option for a pipeline that will take crude oil from East Africa to export markets and allow its natural gas to… Read more »
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Kenya:
Intrigues and Power Play That Stand in the Way of an Oil Pipeline
Nation, 27 March 2016
A toxic convergence of national, corporate and personal interest on two competing oil pipeline routes is threatening regional integration in a dramatic saga involving Kenya, Uganda… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Immigration Dept Denies Confiscating Passports From Kenyan Delegation
Daily News, 25 March 2016
The Immigration Department has distanced itself from claims by senior Kenya Government officials who claimed on Wednesday that their passports were confiscated, including that of… Read more »
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Uganda:
Kenya-Tanzania Row Over Oil Pipeline Deal
Monitor, 25 March 2016
With one of them set to lose out on the proposed multi-billion dollar crude oil export pipeline deal from Uganda, a rift has developed between neighbouring Kenya and Tanzania. Read more »
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Kenya:
Govt Protests to Tanzania Over Keter Passport Fiasco
Capital FM, 24 March 2016
Kenya has formally written to and demanded answers from Tanzania for its confiscation of Energy Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter's passport and those of his Principal Secretaries at… Read more »
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Kenya:
Officials Recall 'Nasty' Treatment in Tanga
Nation, 25 March 2016
Kenyan officials who were denied entry to the Tanga port and had their passports confiscated on Wednesday have recounted their ordeal at the hands of Tanzanian authorities. Read more »
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East Africa:
Dar Is Rising, Kenya Falling but Still the Oil Isn't Flowing
East African, 19 March 2016
There has been a buzz in East Africa since Tanzania's President John Magufuli announced on March 2 that he had clinched a deal with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni for a pipeline… Read more »
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Kenya:
Uhuru, Museveni to Hold Oil Pipeline Talks
Nation, 21 March 2016
Kenya will try to convince Ugandan oil producers one more time to consider routing a pipeline through the country as opposed to Tanzania. Read more »
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Uganda:
Total Readies Shs13 Trillion for Oil Pipeline Development
Monitor, 16 March 2016
French oil major Total S.A has said it will finance the development of the $4b (Shs13 trillion) crude oil export pipeline from Uganda's Albertine Graben to Tanzania's Tanga port at… Read more »
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Uganda:
Uganda, Kenya Officials to Meet, Tanzania Sets Pipeline Schedule
Nation, 15 March 2016
Construction of the Tanzania-Uganda crude oil pipeline begins in August and will be complete in two years, even as Kenya negotiates to have the pipeline go north through Lamu. Read more »
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Uganda:
Uganda-Tanga Oil Pipeline Soon
Daily News, 15 March 2016
THE Vice-President of Total East Africa Javier Rielo has assured President John Magufuli that construction of the 1,410-kilometre oil pipeline from Lake Albert in Uganda to Tanga… Read more »
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Uganda:
Tanzania-Uganda Pipeline Works to Start in August
EA Business, 12 March 2016
Construction of the long-awaited Tanzania-Uganda crude oil pipeline is expected to start in August this year, and will be completed in 2019. Read more »
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Uganda:
Kenya Officials to Meet Uganda in Crude Pipeline Tug of War
Nation, 9 March 2016
Kenyan government officials are set to hold a meeting with their Ugandan counterparts to resolve outstanding issues with the hope of influencing the proposed crude oil pipeline… Read more »
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East Africa:
EAC Summit to Decide On Crude Pipeline Route - Rotich
Nation, 9 March 2016
The government Wednesday played down the crude pipeline confusion saying the Kenya-Uganda pipeline deal is still on course despite press reports that Uganda has chosen to have its… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Huge Pipeline Project to Create 10,000 Jobs
Citizen, 8 March 2016
Construction of a $4 billion (about Sh8.7 trillion) crude oil pipeline from Lake Albert-Kabaale in Uganda to Tanga Port will commence in August this year, Tanzania Petroleum… Read more »
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East Africa:
Construction of Uganda - Tanga Port Oil Pipeline Starts August
Daily News, 8 March 2016
Construction of the envisaged 4 billion US-dollar (about 8 trillion/-) pipeline to transport crude oil from Kabale in Uganda to Tanga Port is slated to commence in August,… Read more »
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Kenya:
Lamu or Tanga? Intriguing Tale of Two Pipelines
Nation, 7 March 2016
Kenya and Uganda were about to announce that a $4 billion crude oil pipeline would take the Northern route through Lamu when things took a sudden turn. Read more »
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Uganda:
Tanga Port Could Be Our Alternate Seaport
Monitor, 5 March 2016
The inking of the oil pipeline deal by Uganda and Tanzania mid this week is one of the most important developments in the region and holds more potential for Uganda and Tanzania… Read more »