该管线将成为东非首条主要的输油管道。去年3月份，坦桑尼亚官员称将于8月份开工建设这条通过坦桑尼亚长达900英里的输油管道，但是投资该管线的企业称这一目标并不现实。

不过业内官员称，两国政府在项目建设准备工作方面已经取得了不少的进展;这条管道将把乌干达的原油输送至坦桑尼亚的印度洋港口坦噶。

法国石油巨头道达尔、英国图洛石油公司和中国海洋石油有限公司是乌干达油田的三家开发商，预计三家公司都将投资于乌干达输油管道，预计这条管线的日输油量为20万桶。

道达尔和图洛石油公司的管理人士称，在缺乏官方开发计划的情况下，项目目前还没有明确的开工日期。

原文如下：

Tanzania, Uganda $4 Billion Oil-Pipeline Timetable Slips

By Katie Riordan

LONDON--The Ugandan and Tanzanian governments are trying to fast-track a $4 billion oil pipeline that would connect landlocked Uganda to foreign markets even though construction won't start in August as they originally indicated.

The companies behind what could be East Africa's first major oil pipeline believe the August start-date that Tanzanian officials gave last March for work on the 900-mile pipeline through Tanzania is unrealistic.

But the governments have made more progress in preparing the way for construction to start on the project that would transport Ugandan crude to the Tanzanian port of Tanga on the Indian Ocean, industry officials said.

French oil giant Total SA, the UK-based Tullow Oil and Chinese state-owned oil company Cnooc Ltd. are the three firms developing Uganda's oil fields and all three companies are expected to invest in the Ugandan pipeline which will have an

estimated capacity of 200,000 barrels a day.

For now, there is no definitive start date for construction in the absence of an official development plan, Total and Tullow officials said.

据外媒伦敦6月20日消息，乌干达和坦桑尼亚政府正试图快速开发投资40亿美元的输油管道，这条管道将连接内陆国家乌干达与海外市场，但项目建设无法在最初计划的8月份启动。