Uganda has announced that it expects to start exporting crude oil before the end of 2026, and has also named its crude oil “Pearl Sweet”.
The exports will be transported through the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), a 1,443-kilometre electrically heated pipeline linking Uganda’s oilfields in Hoima to the port of Tanga in Tanzania.
Currently 92% complete, the pipeline has a capacity of 216,000 barrels per day and is expected to play a key role in Uganda’s transition into an oil-exporting nation.
Crude from the Tilenga and Kingfisher oilfields will be transported through the heated pipeline to Tanzania, where it will be stored and loaded onto tankers for export to international markets.
Recently, Tanzania and Uganda also signed an agreement to set up a joint refinery amid plans by Aliko Dangote to set up a Ksh2 trillion refinery in Lamu.
