Tazama Pipeline

Tazama Pipeline
Tazama Oil Depot
Tazama Oil Depot
Location
CountryTanzania and Zambia
General directionEast to West
FromDar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
ToNdola, Zambia
General information
TypeCrude oil
PartnersGovernment of Tanzania and Government of Zambia
OperatorTazama Pipeline Limited
Commissioned1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Technical information
Length1,710 km (1,060 mi)
Maximum discharge1,100,000 tonnes (1,212,542 tons) annually
No. of pumping stations7

The Tazama Pipeline, also Tanzania–Zambia Crude Oil Pipeline, is a 1,710 kilometres (1,063 mi) long crude oil pipeline from the port of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, to the Indeni Petroleum Refinery in Ndola, Zambia.[1]

  1. ^ Zambia Privatisation Agency (6 August 2002). "Description of the Tazama Pipeline". Lusaka: Zambia Privatisation Agency. Archived from the original (Archived from the original on 24 September 2006) on 24 September 2006. Retrieved 21 May 2020.