Uganda, April 14 -- The construction of the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) will start on the Tanzanian side en route to Uganda, officials have revealed but without stating the start date.
Speaking yesterday at a press briefing on the oil agreements signed on Sunday, the Eacop company general manager, Mr Martin Tiffen announced that construction works on all the oil projects - Total E&P's Tilenga in Nwoya and Buliisa districts, Cnooc's Kingfisher in Hoima and Kikuube districts, and the pipeline - will move simultaneously.
"We are not retracting on the momentum," Mr Tiffen said.
He explained that the pipeline would start in Tanzania because the distance is longer moving into Uganda.
Although Mr Tiffen was unwilling to pr...