Feruka pipeline undergoes expansion

hub for fuel in the country. We are looking at dominating this market and we have no apologies about it.

“We know it will facilitate our economic growth. We know it will make Zimbabwe a special link in the distribution of petroleum products.”

Minister Moyo commended the National Oil Infrastructure Company for prioritising the project.

“I want to commend our officials from the parastatal for a job well done. Everything that I saw is very good, and flowing seamlessly.”

He said although Zimbabwe is a landlocked country, it still remains a strategic hub for fuel storage and distribution in the region.

“While we are inland and we do not have a sea to our side, we think that positioning as an inland country is strategic in terms of distribution, so we are happy with the upgrade. We are happy with more volumes coming into the country for further distribution.”

Manicaland Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Advocate Misheck Mugadza said expansion of the project is going to provide employment opportunities and other downstream benefits for locals.

“The pipeline is something that we have always cherished because it has reduced problems with regard to congestion on our

roads, whereby we would be having trucks carrying the commodity. So, we thank the Governments of Zimbabwe and Mozambique for the initiative. We look forward to the upgrading of this pipeline project,” he said.

Mr Peter Masvikeni, managing director of Petrozim Line, the company that runs the pipeline from Mutare to Msasa, said the project will undergo further upgrade, in addition to the ongoing expansion.

“We are currently pushing a volume throughput of six million litres a day of either diesel or petrol and we are basically on an expansion project, where we are going to push the capacity to 8,3 million litres a day or three billion litres per annum. About 90 percent of equipment for the capacity upgrade is already in place.”