{South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo have shown an interest in the construction and development of the proposed 1,300-km (806-mile) crude pipeline to the Kenyan coast, Ugandan Minister for Energy and Minerals Development Irene Muloni told Platts in an interview Wednesday.}<\/p>\n
The pipeline development is a regional project where Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda agreed to have a feasibility study that is being carried out by Toyota Tsusho, Muloni said.<\/p>\n
“The feasibility study is expected to be completed by April this year and discussions with Congo and South Sudan about their participation are already going on.<\/p>\n
There are interests from South Sudan and Congo which the government is going to take into consideration,” she said.<\/p>\n
Uganda and other East African nations want to capitalize on a string of oil and gas discoveries that could turn the region into a major exporter, but production has been hampered by, among other issues, disputes over export routes.<\/p>\n
The pipeline to Lamu is going to run through northwest Kenya and will also provide an alternative export route for South Sudan’s crude.<\/p>\n
Currently South Sudan relies on a pipeline through its northern neighbor, Sudan, from which it broke away after a 22-year civil war. Continuing disputes between the two countries have disrupted flows.<\/p>\n
Total, China National Offshore Oil Corp. and UK-based Tullow Oil are already in the process of developing Uganda’s oil assets.<\/p>\n
The country has so far discovered up to 6.5 billion barrels of oil in the Lake Albert Rift Basin. Production is expected to start in early 2018, Muloni said.<\/p>\n
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