Chad Cameroon Oil Pipeline
Summary Information
- Source: Doba basin of southern Chad
- Destination: Kribi, Cameroon, in the Gulf of Guinea
- Ownership: Exxon, Petronas, Chevron
- Website:
- Length: 665 miles (1,070 km)
- Capacity: 225,000 barrels of oil per day
- Crude Type: Doba Crude
The Route
- The pipeline transports previously landlocked oil some 665 miles (1,070 km), from the Doba oil fields in southern Chad to a floating export facility at Kribi, Cameroon, in the Gulf of Guinea.
- There, the oil is shipped from a floating storage and offloading vessel, 7 miles (11 km) offshore, for export to world markets. The pipeline has a capacity of about 225,000 barrels per day.
Pipeline Status
- In operation
History
- 2003 - Pipeline commissioned
Other Information
- the pipeline route was shifted more than 20 times to protect settlements and hunting grounds of the Bagyeli-Bakola people in Cameroon.
- Tens of millions of dollars were spent to move the pipeline route away from environmentally sensitive areas in the Mbéré Rift Valley and Deng Deng Forest areas.
Links
- Exxonmobil, Chad Overview
- Chevron, Chad Fact Sheet
- Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project, World Bank
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