Africa pipeline news

Aminex, the oil and gas exploration and development company focused on Tanzania, has announced an update on the Ntorya development.

The President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides presided the signing, which took place during the opening ceremony of EGYPES, an energy event in Egypt.

This agreement is set to enhance the efficiency of energy resource utilisation and minimise costs.

NNPCL is scouting private financiers to overhaul dormant 5120 km of pipeline network, insisting that the nation’s refineries, being repaired for about US$2.9 billion, are on the verge of taking off.

The project’s first phase will include Morocco, Mauritania, and Senegal, and additional agreements for gas transport will be signed next year.

The EACOP project has reached a critical milestone, with construction now 47.1% complete, bringing it closer to becoming a vital link for transporting Uganda’s oil to international markets via Tanzania.

Gas will travel from Algeria via Tunisia, then through an undersea pipeline to Italy, and on to Europe and Czech Republic.

Back in September, the landlocked nation announced it was getting nearer an agreement with Sudan over vital oil movements.

The SUMED Pipeline (also known as the Suez-Mediterranean Pipeline) is an oil pipeline in Egypt, running from the Ain Sokhna terminal in the Gulf of Suez, the northernmost terminus of the Red Sea, to offshore Sidi Kerir port, Alexandria in the Mediterranean Sea.

In all, the company successfully completed more than 3800 welds on two 20.8 km and one 5.5 km pipelines.