Hoima–Kampala Petroleum Products Pipeline
| Hoima–Kampala Petroleum Products Pipeline | |
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| Uganda
Map of Hoima–Kampala Petroleum Products Pipeline
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| Location | |
| Country | Uganda |
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| General direction | West to East |
| From | Hoima, Uganda |
| Passes through | Kiboga, Uganda |
| To | Buloba, Uganda |
| General information | |
| Type | Petroleum products pipeline |
| Commissioned | 2018 (Expected) |
| Technical information | |
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The Hoima–Kampala Petroleum Products Pipeline (HKPPP) is a proposed pipeline to transport refined crude oil products from the Uganda Oil Refinery in Hoima to a distribution terminal in Buloba[1][2] in Wakiso District, approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi), by road, west of Kampala's central business district.[3]
Location
The pipeline will begin at the Uganda Oil Refinery at Kabaale Township, Buseruka Sub-county, Hoima District, Western Region near the international border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The pipeline will end at an oil products distribution terminal to be constructed in the neighborhood of Buloba along the Kampala–Mityana Road. The total length of the pipeline will be approximately 210 kilometres (130 mi).[4]
Background
The pipeline will transport various products, including jet fuel, gasoline, kerosene, and diesel fuel. From Buloba, the products will be distributed by truck to various locations in Uganda. Buloba will also be the point of sale to the international market of any excess petroleum products. The Kenya–Uganda–Rwanda Petroleum Products Pipeline will interface with this ipeline at Buloba to ease transfer of product between the two pipelines when needed.[1][5]
Construction
As of January 2015[update], the government of Uganda was evaluating bids by several international firms to determine which had the best plan to construct the pipeline. The selected firm will "conduct a baseline environmental study for the project and generate a blueprint for the pipeline’s route". Another company, yet to be selected, will be hired to implement the resettlement plan for the people who will displaced by the pipeline. All the companies under consideration are from outside Africa, although their names have not been disclosed.[1][6]
In July 2015, the Ugandan government selected Ramboll Group A/S, a Danish consulting engineering company, to conduct a detailed route and environmental study for an oil products pipeline that will run from Hoima to Buloba. The 210 kilometres (130 mi) pipeline will be accompanied by information and communication technology cables, a dual-carriage highway, and power transmission lines between Hoima and Kampala, all contained in a 110 metres (360 ft) "utility corridor". Ramboll's report is expected in about one year.[7]
See also
References
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