Uganda/Tanzania: Framework agreement for export pipeline

Uganda and Tanzania signed an intergovernmental agreement on their proposed $3.55bn crude export pipeline from Lake Albert to Tanga port on 26 May. The agreement was signed in Kampala by Ugandan energy minister Irene Muloni and Tanzanian minister of constitutional and legal affairs Palamagamba John Kabudi.The 1,445km long, 24-inch diameter pipeline has an ambitious schedule aiming for completion in 2020.