The Hoima–Kampala Petroleum Products Pipeline (HKPPP) is a proposed pipeline to transport refined oil products from the

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to a distribution terminal near

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, approximately , by road, west of Kampala's central business district.

Location

The pipeline will begin at the Uganda Oil Refinery at Kabaale Township, Buseruka Sub-county,

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near the international border with the

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. The pipeline will end at an oil products distribution terminal to be constructed in the neighborhood of Buloba along the

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. The total length of the pipeline will be approximately .

Background

The pipeline will transport various products, including

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, and

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. From Buloba, the products will be distributed by truck to various locations in Uganda. Buloba will also be the point of sale to the international market of any excess petroleum products. The

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will interface with this pipeline at Buloba to ease transfer of product between the two pipelines when needed. In October 2018, the

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(UNOC) secured of raw land in Namwabula Village,

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, approximately , west of downtown Kampala, where a greenfield petroleum products depot is being developed.

Construction

, the

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was evaluating bids by several international firms to determine which had the best plan to construct the pipeline. The selected firm will "conduct a baseline environmental study for the project and generate a blueprint for the pipeline’s route". Another company, yet to be selected, will be hired to implement the resettlement plan for the people who will displaced by the pipeline. All the companies under consideration are from outside Africa, although their names have not been disclosed. In July 2015, the Ugandan government selected Ramboll Group A/S, a

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consulting engineering company to conduct a detailed route and environmental study for an oil products pipeline that will run from Hoima to Buloba. The pipeline will be accompanied by information and communication technology cables, a dual-carriage highway, and power transmission lines between Hoima and Kampala, all contained in a "utility corridor". Ramboll's report is expected in about one year.

Ownership

In April 2018, Proscovia Nabbanja, the

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(UNOC), revealed that UNOC will own 51 percent of the Buloba terminal, JK Minerals Africa (South Africa) shall own 20 percent and a strategic partner, yet to be identified, will own 29 percent. The terminal will have capacity of . The cost of building the fuel products terminal is budgeted at US$51.7 million (USh194 billion), to which UNOC will contribute US$10.5 million (USh39.4 billion), in equity.

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