New Job Opportunities at EACOP January 2023
The East
African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP) is a pipeline that will
transport oil produced from Uganda’s Lake Albert oilfields to the port
of Tanga in Tanzania where the oil will then be sold onwards to world
markets. The pipeline is buried and once topsoil and vegetation have
been re-instated people and animals will be able to cross freely
anywhere along its length.
Recommended:
Only
applicants who meet the required criteria and pass the entrance test
will have the opportunity to be included in the interview process.
Please note that, if you do not receive a call more than two weeks after
the deadline, consider your application unsuccessful. COMPANY reserves
the right not to consider applicants who do not meet the required
criteria.
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Once the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline is
completed, the 1,443-kilometer-long line electrically heated pipeline
will transport crude oil from Kabaale in Hoima district, western
Uganda, to the sea port of Tanga in Tanzania.
The EACOP shall be
fed by 2 feeder pipelines. A 95 km feeder pipeline from the Central
Processing Facility (CPF) in Buliisa and another 47km long feeder
pipeline from King Fisher CPF in Kikuube.
“We have been
engineering this pipeline since 2014 and engineering works are still
ongoing, but largely completed,” said Mr. David Bishop, piping designer
and National Content Manager at Worley. Worley is the Engineering
Procurement Construction and Commissioning Management (EPCCM) Tier 1
contractors for the EACOP Project. Worley is doing the job in
partnership with Uganda based companies : NewPlan Engineers and Infra
Consulting Services (ICS, and China Petroleum Engineering Company
Limited (CPP) on the Uganda side of EACOP. Tanzania Inter Consult Ltd
have same partnership with Worley to do works on the Tanzanian side.
EACOP
is a 24 inches diameter pipe that will be buried 2 meters below the
ground. This is intended to reduce on the ground footprint and to allow
the natural ecosystem to rejuvenate.
Initially, the
contractors will require 30 meters wide land area during the
construction phase for ease of movements of equipment and erection of
temporal structures, but that will reduce to 10 meters when the pipeline
and other installations have been completed.
Uganda’s
oil has high viscosity, meaning that it cannot flow through the
pipeline under normal temperature conditions. It therefore requires a
heating system that is above 50 degrees Celsius for pumping. This
challenge presents a robust technological achievements for Tanzania and
Uganda – it will be completely electrified.
Telecommunication
towers, thermal installation systems and other cyber facilities will
also be erected in the remote areas along the pipeline route.
“Cyber
security is very important. We want to ensure that the project is
running on a secure environment and there is no harm on both the
Tanzanian and Uganda sides from outside,” said Mr. Petrica Macarov,
National Content manager at Schneider ElectricLtd.
Uganda
will host only 20% ( 296km ) of the pipeline that traverses through 10
districts while Tanzania will host 80% (1,147km) that traverses 8
regions and 24 districts.
In Tanzania the engineers will establish marine storage terminal and coating plants to insulate the pipeline.
The
project contractors that include Worley, Schneider Electric, Bollore,
CPP among others have all committed to strict adherence to international
standards on proper project management and controls, interface
management, health, safety, social and environment
A
lot of work on the pipeline is slated for 2023.CPP said that they will
need 24 months for construction period, and another three months for
commissioning, with a warranty period of 24 months.
How to Apply:
Those
who are interested in applying and who meet the required criteria and
who have the ability should send their CV in English via email to eacop.eits@se.com; for reference 1025-ADVT-GAC EI-TZ-GEN-Local Content Coordinator by February 13, 2023, 5:00pm. East African Time.
