Rwanda: Eldoret Kigali Tamoil Pipeline to Start in November
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Thursday, 18 September 2008 |
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Construction of the long awaited fuel pipeline from Eldoret to Kampala
is set to commence this November according to Tamoil East Africa Ltd.
The company was contracted to construct the 354 km pipeline to
supply petroleum oil products to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Eastern D.R
Congo and South Sudan. Once completed, the pipeline will be named, East
African Pipeline Company.
Gamal Buargoub, the Project Engineer of Tamoil said construction of the
Eldoret- Kampala phase will last 18 months. It will cost over $73m
(Frw40 billion) by the time of its completion in 2010.
After completion of the Eldoret-Kampala section, Turmoil will proceed
to construct a pipeline connecting Kigali to Kampala. The development
is expected reduce the high transportation costs of oil products from
Kenya to its landlocked neighbours by road.
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