The launch of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project has been deferred to next month, the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) has announced.
The much-awaited event which was initially scheduled for 22 March 2021, has been rescheduled to April 2021 following the death of former Tanzanian President, Dr. John Magufuli.
In a statement posted on its website, PAU hailed Dr. Magufuli's astute leadership which set a strong foundation for the EACOP project, with key milestones that included the signing of the Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) in 2017 and the initialing of the Tanzania Host Government Agreement (HGA) in 2020.
In October 2020, Tanzania sealed the HGA with TOTAL in implementing EACOP after protracted negotiations.
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