Country Tanzania, Zambia Type oil | To Ndola, Zambia | |
From Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Partners Governments of Zambia; Governments of Tanzania Operator Tazama Pipeline Limited | ||
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. 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. 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%). The pipeline is currently under privatization.
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