TAZAMA Pipelines Limited was incorporated in 1968 and owns and operates a finished petroleum product oil pipeline that runs through Dar-es-salaam in Tanzania to Ndola in Zambia. Previously TAZAMA Pipelines used to pump Crude Oil but was converted to pumping finished product (Low Sulphur Gas Oil) on 17th March 2023.
The pipeline covers a distance of 1,710 Kilometers comprising of 954km of eight (8) inch diameter pipeline and 798 kilometers of twelve (12) inch diameter pipeline. Below is a brief history of TAZAMA Pipelines Limited from the Managing Director – Eng. Davison Thawethe.