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Tanzania’s government gave its approval for the construction of a US$3.5 billion crude oil pipeline which is mired in controversies raising concerns over human rights violations and environmental issues
Tanzania’s government gave its approval for the construction of a US$3.5 billion crude oil pipeline which is mired in controversies raising concerns over human rights violations and environmental issues. The heated pipeline, which is 1,443-kilometre (900-mile) long, will transport crude from vast oil fields being developed in Lake Albert in Uganda to a Tanzanian port on the Indian Ocean.
The pipeline required approval from both countries. Last month, Uganda issued a license to the project operator, the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The US$10 billion oilfields and pipeline project has run into strong opposition from rights campaigners and environmental groups.
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There were widespread protests by environmentalists and climate activists against the project in both countries as also in Western Europe, where the oil will be finally used. The opponents of the project maintain that it would threaten the region’s fragile ecosystem and the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people. www.trendsnafrica.com has carried several stories on the controversial project from time to time. The project is being jointly developed by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and France’s TotalEnergies, along with the state-owned Uganda National Oil Company.
