East Africa: Chosen few lined up for $1.1bn of critical contracts for oil export line

EACOP pipeline partners award conditional contracts for four time-sensitive packages

Agreement: Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (right) and Tanzania's President Samia Hassan met in April 2021 to sign a deal that allows construction work to start on the 1445-kilometre East African Crude Oil Pipeline
Agreement: Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (right) and Tanzania's President Samia Hassan met in April 2021 to sign a deal that allows construction work to start on the 1445-kilometre East African Crude Oil PipelinePhoto: AFP/PRESIDENTIAL PRESS UNIT OF UGANDA/SCANPIX
Published 14 October 2021, 23:00Updated 17 October 2021, 20:19