THE government has hailed the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP) for providing training to about 170 Tanzanians for a successful implementation of the much-awaited project that is due to start mid this year. The pipeline covers 1,443kilometres from Kabaale, Hoima District in Uganda .
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Uganda is about to commence drilling of its first oil well in the Kingfisher oil field in the western part of the country, the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) has stated on Tuesday.
The $4 billion Hoima-Tanga pipeline project would yield about 250,000 barrels of crude oil a day to be sold in the markets within the region and abroad