Tazama Pipeline

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Tazama Pipeline
Location
Country Tanzania, Zambia
From Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
To Ndola, Zambia
General information
Type oil
Partners Governments of Zambia; Governments of Tanzania
Operator Tazama Pipeline Limited
Commissioned 1968
Technical information
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Maximum discharge 1.1 million tonnes per year

The Tazama Pipeline (Tanzania Zambia Mafuta Pipeline) is a 1,710-kilometre (1,060 mi) long crude oil pipeline from the Single Point Mooring terminal at the outer anchorage of in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, to the TIPER refinery in Dar-es-Salaam and the Indeni refinery in Ndola, Zambia.[1] It was commissioned in 1968. The pipeline was designed for a throughput of 1.1 million tonnes per year. Currently it is handling approximately 600,000 tonnes annually.[2] The diameter of pipeline varies between 8 and 12 inches (200 and 300 mm). The pipeline is owned by Tazama Pipeline Limited, a joint company of the Governments of Zambia (66.7%) and Tanzania (33.3%).[1][2] The pipeline is currently under privatization.

References

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