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Global call for Kenya pipeline consultant

Wed, 12 October 2011 Kenya Pipeline Company has placed an international tender to replace its existing pipeline, which transports petroleum products from Mombasa to Nairobi.

Tanzania secures Chinese loan for gas pipeline

Wed, 12 October 2011 The Tanzanian Government has signed a loan agreement with the Chinese Government for the construction of a 532 km gas pipeline from Mnazi Bay in the Mtwara region and Songo Songo in Kilwa District to Dar es Salaam, according to Tanzanian news service The Citizen.

EAC to study Kampala oil pipeline extension

The East African Community Secretariat will soon begin a feasibility study for an extension of the oil pipeline in Uganda from Kampala to Kigali, Rwanda, to Bujumbura, Burrundi – a distance of approximately 310 km.

EAC progresses gas and oil pipelines

Wed, 22 June 2011 The feasibility for the Dar es Salaam – Tanga – Mombasa natural gas pipeline has been completed with the study of the Kigali – Bujumbura oil pipeline soon to begin.

Chad Crude Pipeline commissioned

Tue, 21 June 2011 China National Petroleum Corporation has commissioned a 300 km oil pipeline in Chad, Africa.

Medgaz: pipeline construction in the ultra deep

Challenging seabed topography, pipelay depths reaching 2,155 m below water level and deep water cable crossings were just some of the obstacles successfully navigated by the team of engineers and pipeline construction workers on the Medgaz Pipeline.

Pipeline to prosperity: developing pipeline infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa

In Sub-Saharan Africa, the pipeline industry is gaining momentum as investment flows from private companies and development banks. Ensuring a reliable source of energy is integral to the development of other industries and a focus for governments and regional bodies. Pipelines International provides a snapshot of some of the pipeline projects aimed at fuelling these developing economies.

Building the backbone of Nigeria’s energy infrastructure

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation is moving ahead with two major gas pipelines, which will form the backbone of the country’s national energy infrastructure.

EAC discusses one feasibility study and announces a new one

Thu, 12 May 2011 The East African Community Secretariat has held a one-day final stakeholders’ meeting in Mombasa, Kenya, on the feasibility study for the Dar es Salaam – Tanga – Mombasa Natural Gas Pipeline Project, at which they revealed they would also be undertaking a study for a new oil pipeline between Kigali and Bujumbura.

River crossings complete on Kenyan pipeline project

Wed, 27 April 2011 China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Corporation (CPPEC) has completed the final river crossing on Kenya Pipeline Company’s Line IV expansion pipeline between Nairobi and Eldoret, Kenya.

New gas pipeline for Nigeria

Wed, 13 April 2011 Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria has awarded Saipem Contracting Nigeria a contract to construct a pipeline system that will gather associated gas currently being flared at the Otumara and Saghara fields in Western Niger Delta, for use in the domestic gas market, local news sources have reported.

Pipeline considered for Tanzania

Tanzania’s National Social Security Fund recently outlined its plans to invest in a gas pipeline to run from Southern Tanzania through Dar es Salaam to Mwanza on Lake Victoria, Tanzania.

Medgaz Pipeline enters final phase of test sequence

Wed, 9 March 2011 The valve connecting the 210 km Medgaz Pipeline to the Spanish gas system has been opened at a ceremony in Almeria, Spain. The opening of the valve is part of the final phase of the test sequence for the pipeline.

Serimax wins Nigerian offshore welding contract

Wed, 9 March 2011 Acergy has awarded Serimax the welding contract for a major pipeline replacement project, offshore Nigeria.

Uganda invites bid for Hoima – Kampala Pipeline

Wed, 9 February 2011 The Ugandan Government is inviting bids from international firms for the construction of the 230 km long refined-fuel products Hoima – Kampala Pipeline, Ugandan independent newspaper The Daily Monitor has reported.

East Africa Community workshops Tanzanian pipeline

Tue, 25 January 2011 A one-day workshop on the feasibility study for the Dar es Salaam – Tanga – Mombasa Natural Gas Pipeline project has concluded in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Oando nearing completion on Nigerian pipeline

Oando Gas & Power’s subsidiary East Horizon Gas Company is nearing completion of its 128 km gas pipeline linking the Calabar Cluster of industries to the Nigerian Gas Company’s grid in Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria.

Maintaining Nigeria’s pipeline integrity

Nestoil has completed commissioning activities on Spread A of the 97 km Nembe Creek Oil Pipeline, which transports crude oil from the Bonny Export Terminal to Nigeria’s Atlantic coast as part of a programme to replace ageing pipelines in the Niger River delta.

Galaxy pencil brushes on trial in Gulf of Suez

Wed, 17 November 2010 Egyptian pipeline operator GUPCO reports that its trials of Galaxy pencil brushes have been successfully completed in several of its oil pipelines in the Gulf of Suez.

Technip to lay pipeline offshore Ghana

Wed, 3 November 2010 Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC) has awarded Technip a contract for the first phase of the Natural Gas Transportation and Processing project, located 60 km offshore Ghana.

Hall Longmore completes Durban to Johannesburg pipe order

Wed, 27 October 2010 South African based Hall Longmore, a wholly-owned Murray & Roberts company, has completed manufacture of 720 km of steel pipe for Transnet’s Durban to Johannesburg New Multi-Products Pipeline (NMPP).

Saipem wins subcontract for pipeline installation offshore Nigeria

Fri, 22 October 2010 Saipem has been awarded a subcontract for the Critical Crude Pipeline Replacement Project in Nigeria.

Pipeline selected to bring Akepo-1 oil to shore

Wed, 20 October 2010 A 13 km offshore pipeline will be constructed to bring oil from Exile Resources’ Akepo 1 well, located in the Niger Delta, to an onshore processing facility.

Construction ahead of schedule on Durban – Gauteng Pipeline

Wed, 13 October 2010 Construction on the 544 km Durban – Gauteng multi-product pipeline in South Africa is ahead of schedule and is now due to be completed in September 2011, more than a year earlier than previous estimates.

Pipeline development a key focus in Tanzania

Orca Exploration Group has established a division, East Coast Transmission and Marketing, to focus on the development of a 600 km pipeline which would carry natural gas from the Songo Songo Island and Mnazi Bay gas fields in southern Tanzania toward the country's border with Mozambique.