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Sudan
Pipelines
By the early 1970s, operational problems on the Port SudanKhartoum
section of Sudan Railways had resulted in inadequate supplies
of petroleum products reaching Khartoum and other parts of the
country. In 1975 construction of an oil pipeline from the port
to Khartoum was begun to relieve traffic pressure on the railroad.
It was completed in mid-1976, but leaks were discovered and the
815-kilometer-long pipeline, laid generally parallel to the railroad,
did not become operational until September 1977. As constructed,
its capacity was 600,000 tons a year, but that throughput was
only attained in mid-1981. In early 1982, steps were taken to
add additional booster pumping stations to increase the rate to
an annual throughput capacity of 1 million tons. The line carried
only refined products, including gasoline, gas oil, kerosene,
and aviation fuel obtained either from the refinery at the port
or from import-holding facilities there. These fuels were moved
in a continuous operation to storage tanks at Khartoum with some
capacity offloaded at Atbarah. Rail tank cars released by the
pipeline were reassigned to increase supplies of petroleum products
in the western and southwestern regions of the country.
Data as of June 1991
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