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Mid-2021 construction start for $4 billion East Africa oil line

Target set for EACOP construction work to begin, but agreements and financing still to be resolved

Delays: Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni poses during a 2017 ceremony marking the laying of the foundation stone for the starting point of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline in Kabaale, Uganda. The project is running at least three years behind schedule
Delays: Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni poses during a 2017 ceremony marking the laying of the foundation stone for the starting point of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline in Kabaale, Uganda. The project is running at least three years behind schedulePhoto: AFP/SCANPIX
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East Africa Crude Oil PipelineTanzaniaUgandaChina National Offshore Oil CorpUganda National Oil Corporation
Published 10 September 2020, 07:09Updated 11 September 2020, 11:41