Introduction

Launched in July 1992 by a consortium formed by Esso Exploration and Production Chad Inc. (EEPCI), acting as operator, and Shell , and inaugurated on October 10, 2003, the Chad-Cameroon export project links the three oilfields in the Doba basin in southwestern Chad to the Cameroonese port of Kribi. Its centerpiece is an oil pipeline of large diameter and a length of 1076 km. (including 900 km in Cameroon), along which three pumping stations have been built, two in Cameroonese territory. Beyond Kribi, a last section leads to an offshore loading buoy moored in deep water, a dozen miles ...