Africa in a World Context

     Select Transnational Gas/Oil Projects within Africa 

OPERATIONAL

East/Southern Africa

Tanzania-Zambia Tazama Pipeline
The 1,069-mile (1,710-kilometer) pipeline transports crude from  the oil depot at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to Zambia’s Indeni refinery in Ndola.  The pipeline, jointly owned by the governments of Zambia (67%) and Tanzania (33%), has a capacity of 22,000 bbl/d (1.1 million metric tons annually).

North Africa

Algeria-Tunisia-Italy Trans-Mediterranean (Transmed) Natural Gas Pipeline
The 667-mile (1,067-kilometer) Transmed pipeline links Algeria’s Hassi R'Mel gas field to Mazzara del Vallo in Sicily. Transmed comprises segments through Algeria, Tunisia and under the Mediterranean to Sicily. An extension of the Transmed pipeline delivers  Algerian gas to Slovenia. Tunisia purchases about 39 Bcf/y, Slovenia's Sozd Petrol is committed to 21 Bcf/y and Italy's main gas utility, Snam,  is under contract to buy 680 Bcf/y until 2018.

Algeria-Morocco-Spain-Portugal Maghreb-Europe Gas (MEG) Pipeline
The $2.5 billion MEG line, runs 1,013 miles (1,620 kilometers) from Hassi R'Mel to the Iberian Peninsula via Morocco. MEG is made up of five sections: 324 miles (515 kilometers) from Hassi R'Mel to the Moroccan border, 326 miles (522 kilometers) from the Moroccan border  to the Strait of Gibraltar, 28 miles (45 kilometers) across the Strait of Gibraltar at a depth of 1,312 feet, 168 miles (269 kilometers) from the Spanish coast to Cordoba, Spain where it ties into the Spanish transmission network, and 168 miles (269 kilometers) to Portugal.

Egypt Sumed (Suez-Mediterranean) Pipeline
 The Sumed pipeline is an alternative to the Suez Canal for transporting oil from the Persian Gulf region to the Mediterranean. The 200-mile (320-kilometer) pipeline runs from Ain Sukhna on the Gulf of Suez to Sidi Kerir on the Mediterranean. The pipeline is owned by the Arab Petroleum Pipeline Company, a joint venture between Egypt (50%), Saudi Arabia (15%), Kuwait (15%), the U.A.E. (15%), and Qatar (5%). An extension of the pipeline is being studied. This extension would traverse the Red Sea from Ain Sukhna to the closest point on the Saudi coast near Sharm al Sheikh, and then continue to link up with the terminal of Saudi Arabia's main east-west pipeline in Yanbu.

Southern Africa

Mozambique-Zimbabwe  Petrozim Petroleum Products Pipeline
The Petrozim pipeline runs from the Mozambican port city of Beira to Feruka, Zimbabwe and from there to Msasa, which is located near the capital city of Harare.  Noczim imports 80% of Zimbabwe’s petroleum through the pipeline. Petrozim is a joint-venture between Noczim and the South African-based Lonhro.