Australia’s WorleyParsons Ltd is the frontrunner for the engineering, procurement, and construction management tender for the Uganda-Tanzania East African Crude Oil Pipeline.
The 1,443km EACOP runs from Uganda’s oil fields in western Uganda to the Port of Tanga in Tanzania on the Indian ocean.
WorleyParsons is among the four multi-national contractors tipped for tenders on the multibillion-dollar project. French multinational, Bolloré Logistics is tipped for the logistics tender to haul in at least 100km of pipes per month from all around the world to Dar-es Salaam Port where a coating plant is being constructed.
The lucrative tender for the coating plant will be handled by Italy’s ISOF Construzioni SRL, while another French multinational, Schneider Electric, is tipped for the electrical, instrumentation, telecoms, and security contract which includes supplying and installation of security and fibre optics, among others.
The capital expenditure for developing the pipeline is between $3bn-4bn. Construction of the project has also since been moved from the second quarter of 2022 to early next year.
Officials in charge of the project told this website they will spend the better part of this year fast-tracking acquisition of the project right of way.
The Ugandan section of the pipeline is about 296km through 10 districts and 25 sub counties, and 172 villages, affecting at least 3900 people, while the Tanzanian section is about 1,147km long and affecting some 9,000 people.
