Uganda's developmental plans in the petroleum sector cover a 24-inche 1445-kilometer crude oil pipeline, an oil refinery in Hoima, amid other facilities that are expected to be launched by the end of 2017.

Uganda’s Energy Minister, Irene Muloni, announced the government’s plan to construct a unitary pipeline worth $3.35b to transport the country's crude oil from Hoima to Tanzania’s Tanga Port.

Russia has set new terms for its involvement in building Uganda's $4b oil refinery in Hoima, western Uganda, a project it abandoned in June 2016.

A Paris based team of oil experts discuss new developments regarding the construction of a 1,410km-long East Africa crude pipeline to transport Ugandan oil from its city of Hoima through Tanzania, where 1,100km of the pipeline will run, to the Indian Ocean for export.

Tanzania plans to complete construction of a crude oil pipeline from Uganda in 2020 at an estimated cost of $3.5b.