Tanzania Energy Sector Research Highlights

Overview

Tanzania develops its natural gas potential and generation capacity
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With established domestic gas production and ambitious plans to scale up, Tanzania’s energy sector is in the process of moving from potential to reality. Offshore gas reserves are sufficient to have prompted a proposal for a two-train liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Lindi, while there is ample potential onshore around the Rift Valley based on commercial-scale deposits in similar terrain…

Overview

Tanzania enacts reforms to make extractive industries beneficial for local communities
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As the fourth-largest gold producer in Africa and the world’s only source of tanzanite, Tanzania is a major mining destination in the region. It has nine large-scale mines that produce silver, copper, diamonds and coal, as well as major untapped deposits of graphite, uranium and other minerals. The government has begun to review its legislative framework for mining activity as part of efforts…

Interview

Marc den Hartog, Vice-President East Africa, Shell: Interview
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Interview:Marc den Hartog, Vice-President East Africa, Shell What is the status of the integrated LNG project? MARC DEN HARTOG: The status of the integrated project is that its exploration programmes are complete, all of the conceptual design work is also complete, and the acquisition of the site for the LNG plant at Lindi on the south-east coast of Tanzania – in partnership with the national…

Interview

Kapuulya Musomba, Acting Managing Director, Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC): Interview
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Interview:Kapuulya Musomba, Acting Managing Director, Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) What is the potential of gas-to-power (GTP) and the Mtwara-Dar es Salaam Natural Gas Pipeline? KAPUULYA MUSOMBA: The pipeline was constructed from Mtwara with its terminal point in Dar es Salaam. The primary objective of the pipeline was to build capacity for Tanzania’s GTP projects in…

Chapter

The Report: Tanzania 2018: Energy and Mining
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Tanzania’s energy sector has shown signals of growth in recent years, with established domestic gas production and ambitious plans to scale up. Offshore gas reserves are sufficient to have prompted a proposal for a two-train liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Lindi, while there is ample potential onshore around the Rift Valley based on commercial-scale deposits in similar terrain as in neighbouring…

Country Report

The Report: Tanzania 2018
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Tanzania has historically been an attractive centre for trade due to its strategic location along the continent’s east coast. Today, the country is seen as one of Africa’s most dynamic and diverse markets, and although its economy remains highly dependent on agricultural output, the development of tourism and the discovery of natural gas in recent years should help offset the country’s depen

Analysis

Increasing electricity production a high priority in Tanzania
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Meeting demand for electricity is an increasingly important priority in Tanzania. Consumption more than doubled between 2000 and 2012, and with access to low-cost power a core element of the government’s push to develop industry, the pursuit of new generation options is even more pressing. Tanzania is in the midst of an energy diversification drive, and new power plants are under development…

Analysis

Tanzania could export LNG in the near future
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Tanzania has made substantial gas finds in recent years, but taking advantage of them will require major investment, and the size of the deposits suggests there will be a need to find export markets. The National Gas Utilisation Master Plan – which was released by the Ministry of Energy in 2016 – demonstrated that more than 40trn of the 47trn cu feet in then-known offshore reserves were…

Analysis

Energy sector reform ensures transparency in Tanzania
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The regulatory framework for the energy sector in Tanzania is evolving rapidly. However, the sheer volume of changes has left many investors struggling to ensure compliance, and recent laws and regulations create potential conflicts with previously struck production-sharing agreements (PSAs). In addition to the Petroleum Law of 2015, which overhauled various upstream and midstream segments,…

Economic Update

Tanzania to become a top producer of graphite

Ongoing foreign investment is setting Tanzania up to become one of the largest graphite producers worldwide, despite concerns over thenew mining law. In mid-January Volt Resources, an Australian flake graphite development firm focused on Tanzania, raised $4.7m in capital to help fast-track the initial stage of its flagship Bunyu graphite project. The funds – raised through a structured…

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