Ugandan farmers take TotalEnergies pipeline project to UK court
Four Ugandan farmers have filed a case against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) at the UK's High Court, seeking to have Ugandan constitutional, environmental and climate law applied to EACOP Ltd, the UK-registered company financing the project.
Four Ugandan farmers have filed a legal case against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) at the UK's High Court, seeking to have Ugandan constitutional, environmental and climate law applied to EACOP Ltd, the UK-registered company financing the project.
The pipeline, led by French energy major TotalEnergies, is designed to carry crude oil from fields in Uganda to a port on Tanzania's Indian Ocean coast. The project has long drawn criticism from environmental groups over its potential impact on local communities, farmland and regional ecosystems.
The farmers argue that the project's financing structure should be subject to scrutiny under UK law. The case's outcome could set a precedent for whether international financiers behind large-scale energy projects can be held accountable under the domestic law of the countries where the projects are built.
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