Petroleum products contribute 9.4% to the total national energy demand. Zambia imports all its petroleum products i.e. petroleum feedstock and finished products. The imported feedstock is in the form of comingled crude oil which is pumped through the TAZAMA pipeline and refined at INDENI Petroleum Refinery in Ndola. The refined petroleum products are imported to supplement the INDENI production by road, and rail through private suppliers. The petroleum products are then distributed to various Government owned depots where Oil Marketing Companies uplift the finished products, distribute them to their own depots, service stations and commercial customers.
Established infrastructure for petroleum import and processing include the 1,710-kilometre TAZAMA pipeline, jointly owned by Zambia (as major shareholder) and Tanzania which runs from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to Ndola and INDENI Petroleum Refinery with a design capacity of 1.1 million tonnes per annum. Other facilities are Bulk Fuel Depots listed below:
No. Description Capacity (Million Litres)
- Ndola Fuel Terminal 110
- Lusaka Fuel Depot 25
- Solwezi Fuel Depot 15.5
- Mpika Fuel Depot 6.5
- Mongu Fuel Depot 6.5
- Mansa Fuel Depot 6.5
Total 170