The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) announced the arrival of the first shipment of 100km of line pipe at the port of Dar es Salaam, signalling the initiation of the main construction phase for this cross-border pipeline project 

Helmsman Quality and Technology Services Company Ltd, a provider of third-party quality assurance services, has entered into an agreement with the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) and the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) to perform Pre-Export Verification of Conformity Assessments on specialised equipment and materials for oil and gas projects in Uganda 

A Genesis Multiphase Detector with a 106-inch long Pentarod probe was installed on a 13-foot diameter desalter at a refinery in the Eastern United States for monitoring and comparison versus an existing Fisher torque tube displacer transmitter 

C-Kore Systems, a UK company providing innovative subsea testing tools, is helping operators and installation contracts quickly test the integrity of umbilicals during installation campaigns