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Drone attacks and security disruptions have cut Caspian Pipeline Consortium oil loadings by more than 20%, putting pressure on Kazakhstan’s production and exposing the vulnerability of one of the world’s critical crude export routes.
Uganda and Tanzania are expanding their EACOP partnership into a proposed US$20 billion-plus energy hub at Tanga, combining refining, storage, pipelines, gas infrastructure and regional petroleum trade.
Internal documents reveal long-standing concerns over pipeline integrity, maintenance and the future cost of Shell’s ageing Niger Delta assets.
The upgraded data analysis capability aims to help pipeline operators identify smaller corrosion defects with greater accuracy, strengthening integrity management and reducing long-term maintenance risks.
Iraq and Turkey have extended their crude oil pipeline agreement for another year, keeping a critical export route operational while both countries negotiate a broader long-term energy partnership. The deal preserves the flow of Iraqi oil through the Iraq–Turkey Pipeline, a key link between northern Iraq’s oil fields and global markets.
Ten affected landowners say the East African Crude Oil Pipeline violated Ugandan environmental and constitutional protections, opening a legal battle that could reshape accountability for multinational infrastructure projects.
Morocco has opened financing discussions with the World Bank and the U.S. Export-Import Bank to support the proposed US$26 billion Nigeria–Morocco Gas Pipeline. The move marks a significant milestone for the landmark energy project, bringing it closer to securing the financial backing needed to connect West African gas reserves with regional and European markets.
Between 9 and 18 July, Nigerian Police, the Navy, and the NSCDC independently intercepted pipeline vandalism and crude theft operations in five different states, arresting more than 20 suspects and recovering hundreds of pipe sections, weapons, and refining equipment. One arrest, in Imo State, implicated a retired police superintendent. Read together, the cluster points to a sustained national enforcement effort rather than a run of coincidental local busts.
Algeria has begun physical construction on its section of the 4,128km Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline, following a 3 June ministerial meeting in Algiers. The project would carry up to 30 billion cubic metres of Nigerian gas annually through Niger to Algeria's Mediterranean export infrastructure, positioned as an alternative supply route for Europe. First proposed in the 1970s, the pipeline has moved from memorandum to physical groundbreaking only now, and the route runs through some of the region's least secure territory.
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