Tazama Pipeline Upgrade

Objective

With the loan, Sunyama says that the company will be able to upgrade the entire pipeline to a diameter of 12 inches and consequently this would increase the capacity of the pipeline to approximately 1.1 billion liters a day. (Source: https://furtherafrica.com/2020/05/28/tazama-pipelines-seeks-loan-to-upgrade-tanzania-zambia-crude-oil-pipeline/)

Description

The Tazama pipeline connects the Tanzania International Petroleum Reserves Limited (TIPER) in Dar es Salaam to the Indeni refinery in Ndola, Zambia. The pipeline is designed to carry 1.1 million tonnes per year and is owned by the Tazama Pipeline Limited a company that is jointly owned by the Government of Zambia (66.7%) and Government of Tanzania (33.3%). It was built in 1968 but now requires upgrading