Company Profile

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 Sulpha Gas Oil) on 16th March 2023. 

The pipeline covers a distance of 1,710 Kilometres comprising of 954km of eight (8) inch diameter pipeline and 798 kilometres of twelve (12) inch diameter pipeline. The pipeline has an installed transportation capacity of 1.1 million metric tons per annum.  Currently it has an annual throughput of 800,000 metric tons. The company also operates a tank farm facility situated at Kigamboni in Dar-es-salaam which comprises of six tanks with a total holding capacity 231,000 cubic meters. Pumping is achieved through seven (7) pump stations, Five (5) of which are in Tanzania and two (2) in Zambia.  

TAZAMA also operates and maintains the Ndola Fuel Terminal through a subsidiary company, TAZAMA Petroleum Products which manages the Lusaka Fuel Depot, Mpika Fuel Depot, Solwezi Fuel Depot, Mongu Fuel Depot, Mansa Fuel Depot and the Chipata Depot on behalf of Government. 

The Government of the Republic of Zambia with two thirds of the share capital, and the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, which holds one third of the share capital, own the pipeline. The company operates under a convention between the Governments of Zambia and Tanzania which regulates on ownership, tax status, land ownership including right of way and any other issues affecting the smooth operations of the pipeline.