Tilenga & Eacop Projects with a Socio-Economic Interest for Uganda
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TILENGA & EACOP PROJECTS WITH A SOCIO-ECONOMIC INTEREST FOR UGANDA AND TANZANIA The teams of Total and its partners Tullow and CNOOC are currently working on an oil development project in Uganda, called Tilenga, and an oil pipeline project through Uganda and Tanzania, EACOP, which will transport the oil to the port of Tanga. For the two host countries, these projects will have a significant economic and social impact. A LONG HISTORY OF TOTAL A COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING A COMMITMENT TO MINIMIZING ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS IN THE REGION THE REGION'S SENSITIVE THE IMPACT ON LOCAL POPULATIONS OF THE IMPACTED PEOPLE with a presence in Uganda for ENVIRONMENT by limiting relocations by keeping them informed, getting 60 years and in Tanzania through a mitigation hierarchy and supporting the individuals them involved and considering for almost 50 years. approach “Avoid – Reduce/ concerned. their opinions into each stage Restore – Compensate” of project implementation. and concrete actions. SOUDAN DU SUD ÉTHIOPIE Murchison Falls National Park The EACOP project involves UGANDA The Tilenga project the construction of an comprises oil exploration, underground hydrocarbon Tilenga a crude oil processing transport pipeline starting Hoima plant, underground just inside the Uganda border pipelines, and (Hoima District - 297km) and Lake infrastructure in the extending through Tanzania Albert Buliisa and Nwoya (1147km) to an oil depot and districts of Uganda. an offshore loading terminal in Tanga. Lake Edward Lake Victoria Bukoba RWANDA KENYA BURUNDI DEMOCRATIC EACOP REPUBLIC INDIAN OCEAN OF CONGO TANZANIA Singida Tanga SEPTEMBER 2019 ZAMBIE MOZAMBIQUE MALAWI SOUDAN DU SUD THIOPIE FOCUS ON THE TILENGA PROJECT Total E&P Uganda, fully aware of the project's sensitive nature, has placed particular emphasis on environmental and societal issues, with a specific commitment to leaving the site in a better state than it was before the work started and to limiting residents' relocations as much as possible. UGANDA ONLY 0.1% OF THE SURFACE AREA of Murchison Falls National Park Murchison Falls will be affected by Total E&P DEMOCRATIC National Park Uganda's operations. REPUBLIC IT TOOK 4 YEARS, OF CONGO AND MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE WERE CONSULTED 1 INDUSTRIAL to produce the environmental AREA and societal impact study. + 6,000 JOBS Lake Albert directly or indirectly related to the project could be created. 34 WELL Hoima PLATFORMS 70% of the project's workforce EACOP is expected to be Ugandan. 2 DISTRICTS CONCERNED FOCUS ON THE 58,000 PEOPLE 3,800 CONSULTED DIRECT JOBS EACOP PROJECT when conducting the potentially created for the Lac Environmental and Social construction of the pipeline. Edouard For this project, in Uganda Impact Assessment (ESIA): 23,000 in Uganda and 35,000 and Tanzania, the pipeline in Tanzania. route was designed to minimize environmental, societal, and safety impacts. Initiatives to improve biodiversity and generate a "positive net gain" will also be implemented. Lac Victoria + 20,000 A ROUTE CHOSEN INDIRECT JOBS TO MINIMIZE THE potentially created by the NUMBER OF project. RESIDENTS RELOCATED focusing on rural areas. © El Gaucho RWANDA SEPTEMBER 2019 KENYA BURUNDI OCAN INDIEN TANZANIE ZAMBIE MOZAMBIQUE MALAWI.