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The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) company yesterday commissioned the thermal insulation or coating plant for line pipes to be laid along the 1,443k stretch from Hoima in mid-western Uganda to Tanga port at the Indian Ocean in Tanzania.

The plant, one of the early works on $4b (Shs15trillion) duct that will transport Uganda’s waxy crude oil is situated at the project’s midpoint in Nzega district in the Tabora region in Tanzania.

It is here that the estimated 86,000-line pipe joints, hauled in from China and Greece, will be among others coated in the fashion of a thermos flask - to keep the warmth of the crude oil flowing while at the same time keep the external environment cool.

Uganda’s crude oil has low sulphur content - making it heavy, waxy and solidifies at room temperature, so, the pipeline will be heated for the liquid content to flow smoothly from the pumping terminal in Hoima to the marine terminal at Tanga port.

The bulk of line pipes are made by Panyu Chu Kong (PCK) Steel Pipe in China, complimented by Greece’s Corinth. The Chinese company snapped the tender last year after Russia’s Chelpipe was incapacitated by EU/US sanctions in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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