Editing Economy of Zambia (section)

==== Petroleum ====
Zambia is a net importer of petroleum and in 2019, Oil & Mineral Fuels ranked top amongst the country's trade imports at a value of U$1.26 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |last=globaledge |date=21 January 2022 |title=Trade Statistics on Zambia |url=https://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/zambia/tradestats |access-date=21 April 2022 |website=globaledge.msu.edu}}</ref>

In January 2022, the ERB migrated from a Quarterly pricing cycle to a monthly pricing cycle to enable the  local price of fuel to be more responsive to the market fundamentals namely: international oil prices and the Kwacha/US Dollar exchange rate prevailing in the month preceding the pricing decision.<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |last=lusakatimes |date=29 January 2022 |title=UPND faces a dilemma of how to honour their election promise of cutting fuel prices |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2022/01/29/upnd-faces-a-dilemma-of-how-to-honour-their-election-promise-of-cutting-fuel-prices/ |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=lusakatimes.com}}</ref> Further, following the UPND governments' policy decision to place [[Indeni Petroleum Refinery|INDENI Petroleum Refinery]] on [[care and maintenance]], the nation moved to one type of [[Diesel fuel|Diesel]] sold on the market, and that is the imported [[Low-sulphur diesel|Low Sulphur Gasoil/Diesel]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=erb.org |date=28 January 2022 |title=Petroleum Pump Prices Revised |url=https://www.erb.org.zm/petroleum-pump-prices-revised |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=erb.org.zm}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Monthly Pricing Cycle Trend (in [[Zambian kwacha|ZMW]])
!Date Revised
!Petrol
!Low
Sulphur

Diesel
!Source
!
!Date Revised
!Petrol
!Low
Sulphur

Diesel
!Source
!
!Date Revised
!Petrol
!Low
Sulphur

Diesel
!Source
!Date Revised
!Petrol
!Low
Sulphur

Diesel
!Source
|-
|16 December 2021
|21.16*
|22.29*
|<ref name=":16" />
|
|31 December 2022
|{{DecreasePositive}}24.49
|{{DecreasePositive}}26.44
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=erb |date=31 December 2022 |title=Petroleum Pump Prices Revised Downwards |url=https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/PressStatements/2022-12-31_PressStatement_Petroleum_Pump_Prices_Revised.pdf |access-date=1 January 2023 |website=erb.org.zm}}</ref>
|
|1 January 2024
|{{Steady}}29.98
|{{Steady}}29.96
|<ref name=":38">{{Cite web |date=1 February 2024 |title=Energy Regulation Board Announces Fuel Price Adjustments |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/02/01/energy-regulation-board-announces-fuel-price-adjustments/ |access-date=18 March 2025 |website=lusakatimes.com}}</ref>
|31 December 2024
|{{IncreaseNegative}}34.67
|{{Steady}}32.43
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 December 2024 |title=Petrol Pump Price Increased |url=https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/PressStatements/CurrentFuelPumpPricesJanuary2025.pdf |access-date=1 April 2025 |website=erb.org.zm}}</ref>
|-
|31 January 2022
|{{DecreasePositive}}19.84
|{{DecreasePositive}}18.93
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=daily-mail |date=1 February 2022 |title=Fuel Prices Go Down |url=http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/fuel-prices-go-down/ |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=daily-mail.co.zm}}</ref>
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|31 January 2023
|{{IncreaseNegative}}27.22
|{{IncreaseNegative}}29.25
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 January 2023 |title=Petroleum Pump Prices Revised |url=https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/PressStatements/2023-01-31_PressStatement_Petroleum_Pump_Prices_Revised.pdf |access-date=3 February 2023 |website=erb.org.zm}}</ref>
|
|1 February 2024
|{{Steady}}29.98
|{{Steady}}29.96
|<ref name=":38" />
|31 January 2025
|{{IncreaseNegative}}34.98
|{{IncreaseNegative}}34.98
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 January 2025 |title=Petrol and Diesel Pump Prices Increased |url=https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/PressStatements/CurrentFuelPumpPrices.pdf |access-date=1 April 2025 |website=erb.org.zm}}</ref>
|-
|28 February 2022
|{{IncreaseNegative}}21.96
|{{IncreaseNegative}}21.54
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=lusakatimes |date=28 February 2022 |title=Energy Regulation Board increases fuel prices |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2022/02/28/energy-regulation-board-erb-increase-fuel-price-from/ |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=lusakatimes.com}}</ref>
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|1 March 2023
|{{IncreaseNegative}}28.52
|{{Steady}}29.25
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 March 2023 |title=Kwacha Depreciation and Increase in Oil Price pushes ERB increases to increase fuel Pump Price |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2023/03/01/kwacha-depreciation-and-increase-in-oil-price-pushes-erb-increases-to-increase-fuel-pump-price/ |access-date=4 March 2023 |website=lusakatimes.com}}</ref>
|
|28 February 2024
|{{IncreaseNegative}}34.19
|{{IncreaseNegative}}32.15
|<ref name=":38" />
|28 February 2025
|{{Steady}}34.98
|{{DecreasePositive}}32.54
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 February 2025 |title=Diesel Pump Price Reduced |url=https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/PressStatements/CurrentFuelPumpPrices.pdf |access-date=1 April 2025 |website=erb.org.zm}}</ref>
|-
|31 March 2022
|{{IncreaseNegative}}26.50
|{{IncreaseNegative}}26.22
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=erb.org |date=31 March 2022 |title=Petroleum Pump Prices Revised |url=https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/PressStatements/2022-03-31_PressStatement_Petroleum_Pump_Prices_Revised.pdf |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=erb.org.zm}}</ref>
|
|31 March 2023
|{{DecreasePositive}}27.59
|{{DecreasePositive}}26.28
|<ref name=":28">{{Cite web |last=Nkomesha |first=Ulande |date=30 April 2023 |title=ERB drops diesel, maintains petrol prices |url=https://diggers.news/business/2023/04/30/erb-drops-diesel-maintains-petrol-prices/ |access-date=1 May 2023 |website=diggers.news}}</ref>
|
|31 March 2024
|{{DecreasePositive}}31.12
|{{DecreasePositive}}28.78
|<ref name=":39">{{Cite web |date=30 April 2024 |title=Fuel in historical high, as petrol to sell K35.56, diesel K29.60 in May |url=https://www.zambiamonitor.com/fuel-in-historical-high-as-petrol-to-sell-k35-56-diesel-k29-60-in-may/ |access-date=18 March 2025 |website=zambiamonitor.com}}</ref>
|31 March 2025
|{{Steady}}34.98
|{{DecreasePositive}}30.23
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 March 2025 |title=Tazara Pipeline Open Access contributes to Diesel Pump Price Reduction |url=https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/PressStatements/CurrentFuelPumpPrices.pdf |access-date=1 April 2025 |website=erb.org.zm}}</ref>
|-
|30 April 2022
|{{DecreasePositive}}24.15
|{{DecreasePositive}}25.64
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=erb.org |date=30 April 2022 |title=Petroleum Pump Prices Revised |url=https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/PressStatements/2022-04-30_PressStatement_Petroluem_PumpPrices_Revised.pdf |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=erb.org.zm}}</ref>
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|30 April 2022
|{{Steady}}27.59
|{{DecreasePositive}}24.64
|<ref name=":28" />
|
|30 April 2024
|{{IncreaseNegative}}35.56
|{{IncreaseNegative}}29.60
|<ref name=":39" />
|30 April 2025
|{{DecreasePositive}}32.14
|{{DecreasePositive}}27.38
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 April 2025 |title=Review of Petroleum Pump Prices for May 2025 |url=https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/PressStatements/CurrentFuelPumpPrices.pdf |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=erb.org.zm}}</ref>
|-
|31 May 2022
|{{IncreaseNegative}}24.95
|{{Steady}}25.64
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=erb.org |date=31 May 2022 |title=Petrol Price Rises, Diesel Unchanged |url=https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/PressStatements/2022-05-31_PressStatement_Petroluem_Pump_Prices_Revised.pdf |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=erb.org.zm}}</ref>
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|31 May 2023
|{{DecreasePositive}}24.45
|{{DecreasePositive}}21.87
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 May 2023 |title=ERB reduces fuel prices in response to international market and exchange rate fluctuations |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2023/05/31/erb-reduces-fuel-prices-in-response-to-international-market-and-exchange-rate-fluctuations/ |access-date=31 May 2023 |website=lusakatimes.com}}</ref>
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|31 May 2024
|{{Steady}}35.56
|{{IncreaseNegative}}31.11
|<ref name=":40">{{Cite web |date=30 June 2024 |title=Zambia’s July 2024 Fuel Prices – Pump Prices Reduced |url=https://www.pazengo.com/fuel-prices-for-july-2024/ |access-date=18 March 2024 |website=pazengo.com}}</ref>
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|30 June 2022
|{{IncreaseNegative}}26.75
|{{IncreaseNegative}}28.01
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=lusakatimes |date=30 June 2022 |title=Fuel prices go up as inflation reaches single digit in three years |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2022/07/01/fuel-prices-go-up-as-inflation-reaches-single-digit-in-three-years/ |access-date=1 July 2022 |website=lusakatimes.com}}</ref>
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|30 June 2023
|{{IncreaseNegative}}24.93
|{{Steady}}21.87
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 June 2023 |title=PETROLEUM PUMP PRICES REVISED – JULY 2023 |url=https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/Press-Statement-July-2023.pdf |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=erb.org.zm}}</ref>
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|30 June 2024
|{{DecreasePositive}}31.58
|{{DecreasePositive}}29,34
|<ref name=":40" />
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|31 July 2022
|{{DecreasePositive}}23.19
|{{DecreasePositive}}24.87
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=erb |date=31 July 2022 |title=Petroleum Pump Prices Revised – 31st July 2022 – Energy Regulation Board |url=https://www.erb.org.zm/petroleum-pump-prices-revised-31st-july-2022 |access-date=31 July 2022 |website=erb.org.zm}}</ref>
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|31 July 2023
|{{IncreaseNegative}}25.57
|{{IncreaseNegative}}23.36
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 August 2023 |title=Energy Regulation Board revises fuel prices amid global oil price surge |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2023/08/01/energy-regulations-board-revises-fuel-prices-amid-global-oil-price-surge/ |access-date=1 August 2023 |website=lusakatimes.com}}</ref>
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|31 July 2024
|{{IncreaseNegative}}33.47
|{{IncreaseNegative}}30.05
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 August 2024 |title=Fuel prices soar for August, petrol to sell at K33.47; diesel, K30.05 |url=https://www.zambiamonitor.com/fuel-prices-soar-for-august-petrol-to-sell-at-k33-47-diesel-k30-05/#google_vignette |access-date=18 March 2025 |website=zambiamonitor.com}}</ref>
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|31 August 2022
|{{DecreasePositive}}21.54
|{{DecreasePositive}}23.12
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=erb |date=31 August 2022 |title=Petroleum Pump Prices Revised |url=https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/PressStatements/2022-08-31_PressStatement_Petroleum_Pump_Prices_Revised.pdf |access-date=1 September 2022 |website=erb.org.zm}}</ref>
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|31 August 2023
|{{IncreaseNegative}}29.42
|{{IncreaseNegative}}26.88
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 September 2023 |title=Fuel Prices up due to global market fluctuations |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2023/09/01/fuel-prices-up-due-to-global-oil-market-fluctuations-and-currency-depreciation/ |access-date=1 September 2023 |website=lusakatimes.com}}</ref>
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|31 August 2024
|{{Steady}}33.47
|{{Steady}}30.05
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2024 |title=ERB Reduces Fuel Prices for October 2024 |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/10/01/erb-reduces-fuel-prices-for-october-2024/ |access-date=18 March 2025 |website=lusakatimes.com}}</ref>
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|30 September 2022
|{{IncreaseNegative}}22.74
|{{IncreaseNegative}}26.16
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=lusakatimes |date=30 September 2022 |title=ERB hikes pump prices of petroleum products |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2022/09/30/erb-hikes-pump-prices-of-petroleum-products/ |access-date=1 October 2022 |website=lusakatimes.com}}</ref>**
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|30 September 2023
|{{IncreaseNegative}}29.98
|{{IncreaseNegative}}29.96
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2023 |title=Energy Regulation Board Announces Fuel Price Adjustments for October |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2023/10/01/energy-regulation-board-announces-fuel-price-adjustments-for-october/ |access-date=2 October 2023 |website=lusakatimes.com}}</ref>
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|30 September 2024
|{{DecreasePositive}}32.70
|{{DecreasePositive}}28.90
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 October 2024 |title=Review of Petroleum Pump Prices for November 2024 |url=https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/PressStatements/CurrentFuelPumpPricesNovember2024.pdf |access-date=18 March 2025 |website=erb.org.zm}}</ref>
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|31 October 2022
|{{IncreaseNegative}}24.31
|{{IncreaseNegative}}27.38
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=MUCHIYA |first=TYNDALE |date=1 November 2022 |title=OMCs expected fuel prices to come down but ERB raises the prices |url=https://zambianbusinesstimes.com/omcs-expected-fuel-prices-to-come-down-but-erb/ |access-date=1 November 2022 |website=zambianbusinesstimes.com}}</ref>
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|31 October 2023
|{{Steady}}29.98
|{{Steady}}29.96
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 November 2023 |title=ERB maintains fuel prices |url=https://www.times.co.zm/?p=128620 |access-date=1 November 2023 |website=times.co.zm}}</ref>
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|31 October 2024
|{{Steady}}32.70
|{{IncreaseNegative}}30.11
|<ref name=":41">{{Cite web |date=30 November 2024 |title=Zambia ERB Raises Fuel Prices Amid Kwacha Decline and Oil Surge |url=https://copperbeltkatangamining.com/zambia-erb-raises-fuel-prices-amid-kwacha-decline-and-oil-surge/#:~:text=The%20Energy%20Regulation%20Board%20%28ERB%29%20has%20announced%20an,will%20increase%20to%20K32.43%20per%20litre%2C%20from%20K30.11. |access-date=18 March 2024 |website=copperbeltkatangamining.com}}</ref>
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|1 December 2022
|{{IncreaseNegative}}25.89
|{{Steady}}27.38
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=ERB |date=1 December 2022 |title=Petroleum pump prices revised for the month |url=https://www.erb.org.zm/petroleum-pump-prices-revised-4 |access-date=13 December 2022 |website=erb.org.zm}}</ref>
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|1 December 2023
|{{Steady}}29.98
|{{Steady}}29.96
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 December 2023 |title=Energy Regulation Board Maintains Petroleum Prices, Implements Transport Cost Equalization |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2023/12/01/energy-regulation-board-maintains-petroleum-prices-implements-transport-cost-equalization/ |access-date=1 December 2023 |website=lusakatimes.com}}</ref>
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|30 November 2024
|{{IncreaseNegative}}33.67
|{{IncreaseNegative}}32.43
|<ref name=":41" />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>Final rate on quarterly price cycle.

<nowiki>**</nowiki>[[Excise|Excise Duty]] and [[Value-added tax|VAT]] Restored.

Bulk Fuel Depots in Zambia are listed below:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Bulk Fuel Depots
!Location
!Capacity
(million litres)
!Cost
US $ (ZMW Annual Average Spot Conversion)
!Commissioned
!Source
|-
|[[Chipata]]
|7.0
|US$40.0 million (ZMW 692.0 million)
|2022
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=mwebantu |date=19 August 2022 |title=Dalbit International and BSL Infrastructure hand over 7 million litre fuel depot to Zambian Government |url=https://www.mwebantu.com/dalbit-international-and-bsl-infrastructure-hand-over-7-million-litre-fuel-depot-to-zambian-government/ |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=mwebantu.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[Lusaka]]
|25.0
|US$24.7 million (ZMW 132.0 million)
|2013
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=tankterminals |date=5 August 2013 |title=State Commissions Fuel Storage Facility - Zambia |url=https://tankterminals.com/news/state-commissions-fuel-storage-facility-zambia/ |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=tankterminals.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[Mansa, Zambia|Mansa]]
|6.5
|
|2021
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=lusakatimes |date=1 June 2021 |title=President Lungu expected in Luapula Province for a four day working visit |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2021/06/01/president-lungu-expected-in-luapula-for-a-four-days-working-visit/ |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=lusakatimes.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[Mongu]]
|6.5
|US$27.4 million (ZMW 282.0 million)
|2016
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=daily-mail |date=10 August 2016 |title=President commissions Mongu fuel depot |url=http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/president-commissions-mongu-fuel-depot/ |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=daily-mail.co.zm}}</ref>
|-
|[[Mpika]]
|6.5
|US$8.1 million (ZMW 50.0 million)
|2014
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=daily-mail |date=27 August 2014 |title=Mpika fuel depot completed |url=http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/mpika-fuel-depot-completed/ |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=daily-mail.co.zm}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=times |date=23 February 2014 |title=Mpika Fuel Storage Depot Completed |url=http://www.times.co.zm/?p=11122 |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=times.co.zm}}</ref>
|-
|[[Ndola]]
|110
|N/A
|1973
|<ref name="4R">{{cite web |author=A Barrel Full |date=16 May 2020 |title=Overview of Indeni Petroleum Ndola Refinery |url=http://abarrelfull.wikidot.com/indeni-petroleum-refinery |access-date=16 May 2020 |publisher=A Barrel Full}}</ref>
|-
|[[Solwezi]]
|15.5
|US$7.0 million (ZMW 60.5 million)
|2015
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=daily-mail |date=12 September 2014 |title=Solwezi fuel depot to cost $7m |url=http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/solwezi-fuel-depot-cost-7m/ |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=daily-mail.co.zm}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=belgraviaservices |date=20 August 2022 |title=solwezi |url=https://www.belgraviaservices.com/solwezi.html |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=belgraviaservices.com |archive-date=26 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126151337/https://www.belgraviaservices.com/solwezi.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''177'''
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|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Oil and Gas Pipelines (Existing and Planned Projects)
!
!Length
!JV Partners
!Project
Construction Start
!Project
Completion
!Cost
!Source
!Note(s)
|-
|[[Tazama Pipeline]]
|1,710&nbsp;km
|
* [[Government of Zambia]] 66.70%
* [[Government of Tanzania]] 33.30%
|1966 (January)
|1968
|See Notes
|<ref name="1R2">{{cite web |author=Zambia Privatisation Agency |date=6 August 2002 |title=Description of the Tazama Pipeline |url=http://www.zpa.org.zm/tazama.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924180652/http://www.zpa.org.zm/tazama.htm |archive-date=24 September 2006 |accessdate=21 May 2020 |publisher=Zambia Privatisation Agency |location=Lusaka |format=Archived from the original on 24 September 2006}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=africaoilgasreport |date=5 July 2022 |title=Zambia commences a 1.5 billion US dollar diesel pipeline to Tanzania |url=https://africaoilgasreport.com/2022/07/downstream/zambia-commences-a-1-5billion-diesel-pipeline-to-tanzania/ |access-date=12 October 2022 |website=africaoilgasreport.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=epcmholdings |date=12 October 2022 |title=The Big 5 African Pipelines |url=https://epcmholdings.com/the-big-five-african-pipelines/ |access-date=12 October 2022 |website=epcmholdings.com}}</ref>
|
* 54 Years Old as of 2022.
* Runs from the port of [[Dar-es-Salaam]], [[Tanzania]], to the [[Indeni Petroleum Refinery|Indeni Energy Company]] in [[Ndola]], [[Zambia]].
* Funded by [[Mediobanca]]. In 1967, Zambia and Italy credited the consortium GBP 11,070,000.00 and Tanzania and Italy credited the consortium GBP 5,542,407.00. Terms 6% paid in 15 equal annual installments paid from earnings.
|-
|Namibia-Zambia Multi-Product Petroleum and Natural Gas Pipelines Project (NAZOP)
|TBA
|
* [[Government of Zambia]]
* [[Government of Namibia]]
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=aa.com.tr |date=6 October 2022 |title=Namibia and Zambia sign MOU to develop oil and gas pipeline |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/namibia-zambia-sign-mou-to-develop-oil-gas-pipeline/2704610 |access-date=7 October 2022 |website=aa.com.tr}}</ref>
|
* In October 2022, Zambia and Namibia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build an oil and gas pipeline connecting the two countries.
* The MoU set the intention of the two Governments to support and facilitate the implementation of the private sector-led Namibia- Zambia Multi–Product Petroleum and Natural Gas Pipelines Project (NAZOP) that is envisioned to supply 100,000 to 120,000 barrels per day.
|-
|[[Lobito–Lusaka Oil Products Pipeline]]
|1,400&nbsp;km
|
* [[Sonangol]]
* IDC Zambia Limited
* Strategic Investor(s)
|TBA
|Expected 2026
|US$5.0 billion
|<ref name="1R3">{{cite web |author=Chris Mfula, Ed Stoddard and Keiron Henderson |date=12 April 2012 |title=Zambia firm to build oil pipeline from Angola |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/zambia-oil-idAFL6E8FC3T320120412 |access-date=9 May 2021 |publisher=[[Reuters.com]]}}</ref><ref name="10R">{{cite web |author=Angola Press Agency |date=7 July 2022 |title=Angola/Zambia Oil Pipeline Awaits for Construction |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202207080336.html |access-date=9 July 2022 |work=[[Angola Press Agency]] |location=Luanda, Angola |format=via [[AllAfrica.com]]}}</ref><ref name="9R2">{{cite web |author=James Kunda |date=30 April 2021 |title=Zambia, Angola sign $5B oil pipeline deal |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/zambia-angola-sign-5b-oil-pipeline-deal/2225798 |access-date=9 May 2021 |publisher=[[Anadolu Agency]] |location=Ankara, Turkey}}</ref>
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* Feasibility assessments are a work in progress
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''See also'':  [[Tazama Pipeline]], [[Indeni Petroleum Refinery]] and [[Lobito–Lusaka Oil Products Pipeline]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lusaka Times |date=21 April 2022 |title=Zambia seeks stake in Angola Oil Refinery Project |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2022/04/21/zambia-seeks-stake-in-angola-oil-refinery-project/ |access-date=21 April 2022 |website=lusakatimes.com}}</ref>

In January 2023, Zambia announced plans to acquire a stake in its neighbor [[Angola]]'s [[Lobito Oil Refinery]] located in [[Benguela]] Province along the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] Coast. The Lobito refinery, that is set to be completed in 2026, will have the capacity to produce 200,000 barrels per day. Under the current proposal, private investors, including Zambia, will own 70% shares in the refinery, while Angola's state oil firm, [[Sonangol Group]], will hold 30% ownership.<ref>{{Cite web |last=copperbeltkatangamining.com |date=15 January 2023 |title=Zambia to source African Refined Oil |url=https://copperbeltkatangamining.com/zambia-to-source-african-refined-oil/ |access-date=18 January 2023 |website=copperbeltkatangamining.com}}</ref>

In September 2023, TAZAMA began constructing a 3&nbsp;km pipeline to tie the Tazama Pipeline to the 6.5 million litre Mpika fuel storage depot at a cost of ZMW 31.26 million kwacha (US$1.5 million).<ref name=":31">{{Cite web |date=20 September 2023 |title=TAZAMA Constructs Fuel Pipeline to Enhance Fuel Distribution in Northern Zambia |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2023/09/20/tazama-constructs-fuel-pipeline-to-enhance-fuel-distribution-in-northern-zambia/ |access-date=20 September 2023 |website=lusakatimes.com}}</ref> When commissioned the pipeline is planned to divert a portion of the low sulfur diesel imported via the pipeline to the storage depot to service the Northern circuit of Zambia with long term benefits of lower fuel costs in the region.<ref name=":31" /> This tie-in  pipeline is the first of a planned network of distribution pipelines to the other fuel storage depots in Zambia.<ref name=":31" />