Tazama Pipeline
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Summary Information
- Source: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Destination: Indeni Petroleum Refinery, Zambia
- Ownership: Zambian Government
- Website:
- Length: 1,710-kilometre (1,060 miles)
- Capacity: 22,000 barrels of oil per day
- Crude Type:
+++ The Route
- There are seven oil pump stations
+++ Pipeline Status
- In operation
+++ History
- 1969 - Pipeline commissioned
- 1991 - Rehabilitation project including repair and part replacement of existing 8" dia and 12" dia pipelines. The project was supported by the World Bank
+++ Other Information
- The same engines that were installed 40 years ago are still in operation at the pumping stations
- The pipeline is in dire need of rehabilitation
+++ Links
