December 2019, Vol. 246, No. 12
Features
Launch of ACFTA and Africa’s Pipeline Industry
By Shem Oirere, Contributing Editor New oil and gas discoveries in Africa and the drive by some leading hydrocarbon producers to reverse their declining output caused by maturing production fields, is expected to impact the region’s pipeline sector soon. Producing countries have joined forces to construct new cross-border pipelines, or partner in the maintenance and upgrade of existing ones has kept the hydrocarbon products’ cross-border transportation market active. This comes as a new regional free trade area, the African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA), was launched with the potential to serve as a catalyst for the manufacturing and trade in pipeline ind

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