Total’s crude oil pipeline comes under heavy fire

Hundreds of organizations have united in opposition to the planned EACOP pipeline, which the alliance believes could devastate local communities in Africa.
Photo: BENOIT TESSIER/REUTERS / X07241
Photo: BENOIT TESSIER/REUTERS / X07241

263 organizations – 122 of which are based in Africa – from 49 different countries have banded together to write an open letter, calling on relevant banks to drop the funding for the planned East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) with an estimated value between USD 3.5-4bn, reports sector media Upstream Online as the first to cover the story.

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