Twelve Great and Unique Opportunities In the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project.
The East African oil pipeline (or the Uganda-Tanzania pipeline is the talk of the town now. Not only in East Africa but all over the globe.
More and more people keep wondering what the viable opportunities emerging in this project are and how they can be part of it.
“Do they offer equipment or provide services?” they ask themselves.
The good news great entrepreneurs and companies can spot possibilities to be part of this project from start, like procurement and inspection of materials and delivery of pipes to the yard and site.
If you are among these people seeking to do business in this projects but have no idea how to get started, then no need to worry.
This article shows you some great opportunities available in the project and how you can participate so that you can reap a substantial profit.
The Tanzania-Uganda Pipeline Opportunities
- Business development for local supply chain: This means giving opportunities to local businesses. for example catering services, that include supplying foods for project employees. Security for the project camps. And care services for project workers especially for entry and exist medical care.
- Pipeline inspection services. Welding and coating inspection is massive in pipeline projects as they backbone for quality control and quality assurance.
- Manpower Supply: One of the great opportunities in this crude oil pipeline project is supplying personnels like welding and coating inspector to the project.
- Pipes and connection supplies: One of the opportunities in this project is to supply pipes and accessories like the valves for pumps stations. Welding consumables like machines and rods also of high demands.
- Chemical Supplies: For the construction of the pipelines, there are a lot of specialty chemicals needed, from corrosion inhibitors additives to scale remover to chemicals that reduce paraffin build up. You cannot run a pipeline without these things, and you can get them from China really cheap. Which means your profit margin may increase by 30-50 percent.
- Pipeline equipment supplies: These cover all materials that are required in the pipeline transportation system. It includes fittings, valves, scraper traps, insulating flanges, flow tee, pumping station, etc.
- Civil engineering works: These include building construction work, construction and maintenance of roads, construction and maintenance of drainage system, etc.
- Establishment of living champs for personnel who work on the project.
- Cratering opportunities to cook and provide food for the workers
- Security is another business sector to look after the champs, catering facilities and personnel in general.
- Storage facilities to store the logistics of the project is another great area of business interest.
- Sourcing and supply of qualified and experienced human resources is another business area.
Are you ready to utilize opportunities in this project? Here is how to grab the opportunities:
1. Identify the decision makers in this Uganda-Tanzania pipeline project.
The first step in pursuing opportunities in the Uganda-Tanzania pipeline is determining who the decision makers are.
Decision makers are the people who can approve or disapprove your proposal.
No matter how big a company is, there are decision makers who can approve or disapprove documents.
This can be easily achieved by making a list of key players in the project and starting to reach out to them and explain the benefits of your offering.
Also government institutions that regulate energy sector in Tanzania like EWURA, TPDC and PURA can provide you reliable information on how to be part of the project.
2. Demonstrate your experience.
You should demonstrate that you are the right person to execute the project you’re proposing.
You should demonstrate your capability and your experiences in executing similar project.
“What if my business is small and new n the industry?” you may ask.
Well, the answer is pretty simple. You still have a chance to tap opportunities in the Uganda-Tanzania pipeline project.
If your business is small and new, and you don’t have any experience or working history to be taken as references to the service you want to render, you should consider going into a joint venture with an experienced contractor in the oil and gas industry in such bidding venture. However inexperienced, you still have a chance to participate in this work.
You have learned the opportunities in the East Africa pipeline project and you now know how to access them.
