November 2021, Vol. 248, No. 11
Features
In Africa, COVID-19 Jolts Dangote Pipeline’s Timelines
By Shem Oirere, Africa Correspondent The unprecedented COVID-19 outbreak has disrupted project timelines of the 731-mile (1,177-km) Dangote subsea pipeline in Nigeria, with one of the contractors saying the delay has come with financial implications. China’s Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd. (COOEC), which is installing the sub-sea pipeline through its Nigeria subsidiary, COOEC Nigeria Ltd., said the company’s overall income from its overseas projects fell by 25% in 2020 compared to the previous year, showing an overall loss “mainly because Dangote Project in Nigeria caused a loss of RMB 541 million [$84 million].” A night view of the Dan

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