{"id":2931,"date":"2015-05-18T12:12:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T12:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=2931"},"modified":"2015-05-18T12:12:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T12:12:35","slug":"search-east-africas-crude-oil-pipeline-builder-start-6-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/search-east-africas-crude-oil-pipeline-builder-start-6-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Search for East Africa\u2019s Crude Oil Pipeline Builder to start in 6 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"

The search for the builder for the 1300km pipeline running from Uganda\u2019s Hoima region through Lokichar in Turkana all the way to the Kenyan coast will commence in six months according to Ministry of Energy and Petroleum principal secretary Joseph Njoroge.<\/p>\n

This follows the completion of the feasibility studies by Toyota Tshusho<\/a> in a contract funded by three East African States Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. Toyota Tshusho beat a consortium of companies including one by Tullow Oil and its partner Africa Oil starts from the Lokichar basin to Lamu, a consortium consisting of Tullow\/Total\/ CNOOC,Total (Hoima-Eldoret-Lamu\/Mombasa) and the last by Lapsset the development authority overseeing the Lamu Port Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor\u00a0which starts from Juba in Southern Sudan through Lokichar and Moyale to the Lamu port.<\/p>\n

\u201cFeasibility studies for a crude oil pipeline running from Hoima in Uganda through Lokichar to Lamu have been completed. Request for proposals for the construction of the pipeline will be issued by third and fourth quarter,\u201d Njoroge is quoted by the East African<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Kenya which hopes to see its first exports in three years hopes that it\u2019s discovered recoverable crude oil reserves currently estimated at 600 million barrels will surpass one billion barrels once appraisal well drilling is complete to enable a pipeline carrying its own crude economically viable even without Uganda\u2019s 6.5 billion barrels.<\/p>\n

Besides the pipeline the builder will also be tasked with building tank terminals as well as mooring bouys offshore Lamu.<\/p>\n

Kenya has been positioning itself as an important player in the oil transportation<\/a> business with the country is investing in a number of infrastructure including a standard gauge railway, roads, pipeline and a modern seaport in Lamu that will ensure it stands out from its competitors to serve potential clients including Uganda, South Sudan and Ethiopia all of which are landlocked with all except the latter having vast oil reserves.<\/p>\n

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The search for the builder for the 1300km pipeline running from Uganda\u2019s Hoima region through Lokichar in Turkana all the way to the Kenyan coast will commence in six months … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[539,671,1084,1219,1252,1376,1585,2542,2580,2603],"class_list":["post-2931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-crude-oil-pipeline","tag-east-africa","tag-hoima","tag-joseph-njoroge","tag-kenya","tag-lamu","tag-ministry-of-energy-petroleum","tag-toyota-tshusho","tag-turkana","tag-uganda","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/trans-alaska-oil-pipeline-11-17848.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-Lh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2067,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/toyota-tshusho-named-oil-pipeline-lead-consultant\/","url_meta":{"origin":2931,"position":0},"title":"Toyota Tshusho named oil pipeline lead consultant","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"November 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[twitter-follow screen_name='oilnewskenya'] Toyota Tshusho Engineering Corporation will design and carry out a feasibility study for the construction of a crude pipeline between Hoima to the Kenyan coast after the company won the tender. 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