ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala has disclosed that works on the new Tanzania-Zambia Refined Oils Pipeline project have begun with the building of the 700-kilometer segment on the Tanzanian side. And Kapala says the total project cost for the two countries will be around USD 1.5 billion. In a statement shared on his Facebook page, Tuesday, Kapala said the new pipeline would run alongside the already existing TAZAMA pipeline and would be more modernised. “Works on the new Tanzania-Zambia Refined Oils Pipeline project have already begun with the building of the 700-kilometer (435-mile) segment on the Tanzania side. Zambia and Tanzania already share the TAZAMA (Tanzania-Zambia-Mafuta) Pipeline, a 1,710-kilometer (1,063-mile) pipeline that has been transporting raw crude oil material for refining...
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