The Tchad/Cameroon pipeline

The Tchad/Cameroon Pipeline was built between 1999 and 2004 to transport crude oil from Doba in Chad to Kribi in Cameroon. 1,070 km long and 30 inches in diameter, it includes three pumping stations (one in Tchad, two in Cameroon), a pressure reduction station and a floating storage terminal in Kribi.

Its realization required lengthy negotiations between Cameroon, Chad, private investors and international financial institutions. SNH coordinated the negotiations for Cameroon, involving various ministries.

Its official inauguration took place on June 12, 2004 in Kribi by Presidents Paul Biya and Idriss Deby, in the presence of three other Heads of State: Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso, Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea and François Bozize of the Republic Central African.

The pipeline generates revenue for the Cameroonian State through the Transit Duty, paid directly to the Public Treasury.