Tazama Pipeline

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The Tazama Pipeline is a 1,710 km crued oil pipeline from from Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania to Indeni refinery in Ndola in Zambia. It was commissioned in 1968. The pipeline was designed for a throughput of 1.1 million tonnes per year. Currently it is handling approximately 600,000 tonnes annually. The diameter of pipeline varies between 8 and 12 inches. The pipeline is owned by Tazama Pipeline Limited, a joint company of the Governments of Zambia (66.7%) and Tanzania (33.3%). The pipeline is currently under privatization.

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