Uganda seeks more land for oil pipeline

A rig in Buliisa in Uganda. The country hopes to complete a joint pipeline with Tanzania in three years. PHOTO FILE | NMG

The Ugandan government now wants more land for the pipeline from its Hoima oilfields to the Tanzanian port of Tanga.

Originally, the government and the companies participating in the oil project indicated they required a strip of 30 metres for the pipeline and way leaves, but a new requirement estimate has more than tripled this to 133 metres along the 296km stretch in the Ugandan territory.