Project Profile
Value: US$350 million
Location: Kampala District - Uganda, Rift Valley Province -Kenya
Length: 340km
Start-up Year: 2014
A 340km pipeline that will take oil products from Kenya to Uganda. It will be a build-own-operate-transfer project between the Kenyan port of Mombasa and Eldoret in Uganda. The project comprises construction of a 340km pipeline to Uganda\'s capital Kampala as an extension of the existing pipeline up to Eldoret to take petroleum products into Uganda to serve domestic markets and beyond. The Kenyan and Ugandan governments would have 24.5% stake in the project with the private sector holding majority stake of at least 5%. In the initial years, the capacity of the line in terms of throughput is expected to be around 1.2 million cubic metres.
The route for the link to Kigali has been chosen After a preliminary review of existing road networks, geographical features and local population distribution, it was decided that the conduit would run parallel to the main highway connecting the three cities. An extension of the pipeline is also being proposed that would see the pipeline extended from Kilgali to the Burundi capital Bujumbura. The extension would have an initial refining capacity of 20,000 barrels that would eventually rise to 150,000.
Operators:
Libya Oil Holding Limited (FormerlyTamoil): Operator with 63.25% interest
Government of Kenya: 24.5% interest
Government of Uganda: 12.25% interest
Contractor:
Libya Oil Holding Limited (FormerlyTamoil): Pipeline extension
Mott MacDonald: PMC contract