Uganda, April 22 -- Uganda and Tanzania have issued calls for tenders for qualified engineering consulting companies to undertake a feasibility study on the proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) pipeline.

The two governments signed a feasibility study agreement for the project in November last year paving the way for the next phase. The study will cover, among others, technical aspects of the passageway, economic, social, and environmental risk assessments, and the gas market landscape in both countries.

The study will also inform the capital expenditure for the pipeline to transport gas from Tanzania's LNG greenfield project with deposits estimated at 57.5 trillion cubic feet. A consortium of companies, including Pavilion Energy, Equino...