Tazama Oil Pipeline

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Tazama Oil Pipeline (Tanzania Zambia Mafuta Pipeline) is an oil pipeline in Tanzania and Zambia.

Location

The pipeline runs from the Single Point Mooring terminal at the outer anchorage of in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, to the Tanzanian and Italian Petroleum Refining Company (TIPER) refinery in Dar-es-Salaam and the Indeni refinery in Ndola, Zambia.

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Project Details

• Operator: Government of Zambia (66.7%), Government of Tanzania (33.3%)
• Current capacity: 22,000 barrels per day
• Proposed capacity:
• Length: 1,710 kilometers
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1968

Background

The pipeline was commissioned in 1968, with capacity of 22,000 barrels per day. The pipeline is owned by Tazama Pipeline Limited, a joint company of the governments of Zambia (66.7%) and Tanzania (33.3%). The 1,710 kilometers of pipeline consists of two major portions, one measuring 954 kilometers and eight inches in diameter, and another portion of 798 kilometers and 12 inches in diameter. There are seven pumping stations, 5 of which are located in Tanzania and two in Zambia.

As of November 2016, both the Tanzanian and Zambian governments have discussed either modernizing the aging Tazama pipeline or creating a new pipeline to run parallel to the original line. The new project aims to facilitate the transportation of crude oil, refined oil, and natural gas.

Oil Spills

Maintenance on the line has proven difficult since the pipeline's inception in 1968, with many leaks recorded since then. In 1973, its first leak occurred and another 100 leaks were recorded by 1983. As recently as 2012, Zambia experienced fuel shortages due to a burst in the pipeline at Ilinga in Tanzania.

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External articles

Wikipedia also has an article on Tazama Oil Pipeline. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.