Tanzania plans to build gas pipeline to Uganda

The Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) is looking for a contractor to carry out feasibility studies in order to assess current and future gas demand, potential gas buyers and the most economically viable route for a future gas pipeline that would connect Tanzania and Uganda.

Tanzania's natural gas reserves are estimated at 57 tcf (1,610 bcm) and are mostly located in offshore fields. The proposed gas pipeline would connect Dar es Salaam, Tanga near the Indian Ocean and Mwanza on Lake Victoria; it would then cross the border to Uganda.

The project is part of a cooperation energy agreement between the countries. In 2016, the countries agreed to build an oil pipeline to transport Uganda's land-locked crude oil to offshore markets.

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TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline secures environmental review (US)

TransCanada's proposed 830,000 bbl/d Keystone XL oil pipeline secured a positive environmental review from the US State Department, which ruled that a plan for an alternative route through Nebraska (United States) would have no significant environmental impacts. The Public Service Commission of Nebraska approved the project in December 2017 but not TransCanada’s preferred route.

Keystone XL would link the Alberta oil sands through Nebraska (US) to the Mexico Gulf coast refiners over a 1,897 km route and has been repeatedly delayed by the US Government. Following the recent election of US President Trump, the US State Department approved the pipeline permit in March 2017. However, the project is still opposed by environmental groups, Native American tribes and some landowners and facing a case before the Nebraska Supreme Court, which TransCanada expects to be resolved by the end of 2018. Preparatory works are expected to start in autumn 2018 in Montana and full construction could begin in 2019.

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