Kenya-Uganda oil-pipeline project

Name of the project and location
Kenya-Uganda oil-pipeline project.

Project description
The governments of Kenya and Uganda plan to extend the existing Mombasa – Eldoret oil pipeline to Kampala.

The project comprises construction of a pipeline as an extension to the existing pipeline to take white products into Uganda to serve markets in Uganda and beyond.

A feasibility study, funded by the European Investment Bank (EIB) was undertaken by an international consultant M/S Penspen who submitted a report in May 1999. A complementary study was undertaken in 2001 to update the earlier study. The two studies found the project technically feasible and also financially and economically viable. The project entails installation of an 8-inch diameter, 320-km-long pipeline from Eldoret to Kampala with an annual capacity of about 1,2-million cubic metres.

Value
$110-million.

Duration
The pipeline should be in operation by late 2007.

Breakdown of main contracts
None stated.

Client
The governments of Kenya and Uganda.

Latest developments
None stated.

Participants
EIB, M/S Penspen, Energem Petroleum, China Petroleum Pipeline Corporation, Tamoil East Africa, Petronet East Africa Consortium, ARB/Zakhem Consortium, Stone & Webster Management Consultants, Asia Petroleum, Petroleum India International, Stroitransgaz, MISA, East African Infrastructure Consortium, India Oil Corporation and BKS Group.

Construction materials
Not stated.

On budget and on time?
Too early to state.

Contact details for project information
Kenya Pipeline Company, tel +254 2 335666/7 or fax +254 2 331683.
Kenya Ministry of Energy, tel +254 2 330048 or fax +254 2 240910
Ugandan Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, tel +256 41 234733/4 or fax +256 41 234732.