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OPTIMISM HIGH AS EAST AFRICA GAS PIPELINE PLANS TAKE ANOTHER STEP
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07/08/2018

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PLANS for East Africa gas pipeline have taken another step closer to fruition as the government announced tender for consultancy of a feasibility study of the project that will involve construction of the pipeline from Dar es Salaam to Uganda via Tanga and Kagera regions.

The proposed natural gas pipeline will help Uganda to tap into Tanzania’s huge natural gas reserve of over 57 trillion cubic feet (tcf) for heating the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) from Hoima to Tanga, according to government reports.

It will also provide Uganda with natural gas for their steel industries which have benefitted from iron ore deposits in the south western region; among the highest quality iron ores in the world.

It has emerged that the natural gas resources in Tanzania can be used by Uganda to enable the flow of the crude oil from Hoima to Tanga and as well be used to develop Uganda’s iron ore.

The development was revealed by the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) General Manager, John Bosco Habumugisha, one of the panel discussants at the Second Annual Africa Energy Forum in Kampala this year.

East Africans will definitely be interested to get updates of this proposed project as it marks another significant point in deepening of commercial ties between the two countries in the energy sector whose potential has been boosted by substantial oil deposits found in Uganda and major gas reserves discovered in Tanzania.

Steel imports in the East Africa is on increase as currently members states developing mega infrastructure projects in energy and transport sectors.

It is expected that the planned gas pipeline will be crucial as developing a strong integrated iron and steel industry will not only facilitate industrial take off in the region but also lead to saving of forex expenditure, increase employment opportunities and form a strong basis to support the growth of other sectors through forward back ward linkages.

Optimism high as East Africa gas pipeline plans take another step

Tony254 said:

Yaani mna miradi mingi sana lakini bado mnabakia kuwa LDC shithole. Ha haha dah! .Worldbank inawaonea wivu, mbona haiwapandishi cheo mpaka middle income? Nendeni Washington D.C mpige kambi huko hadi mpandishwe cheo kiuchumi mtoke ligi ya nchi masikini. Dah! Mna miradi nyingi sana hamstahili kuwa shithole LDC

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Sisi hatutaki tupandishwe kwenye makaratasi. Tunataka tupande kihalisi.
Siyo kama NYIE ambao mnaonekana mko vizuri kwenye makaratasi (norminal GDP) lkn kwenye uhalisia (real GDP) ni choka mbaya.

Newly constructed 55MW solar power project in Tanzania commissioned
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The newly constructed 55MW solar power project in Tanzania has been commissioned. The project was launched at University of Dodoma (UDOM) in Tanzania with an in tension of making the institution one of Africa’s leading universities using renewable energy.
The project which is done in partnership with Ohio State University‘s (OSU) and UDOM will eventually establish itself as a global centre of excellence in renewable energy and sustainability.
Marty Kress, Head of Ohio State University’s (OSU) Global Water Institute confirmed the reports and said that the project upon completion will boost availability of electricity at the university and the region at large.
“The OSU is honored to partner with the UDOM to make the new School of Renewable Energy a reality. This transformational educational program will train the workforce of tomorrow, stimulate the growth of new firms and businesses, enable the transition of renewable energy systems to rural Tanzania, and open the door to collaborative research projects between both schools,” he said.
The new solar power project in Tanzania will have a substantial positive impact on delivery of clean water to the university and rural parts of the country.
“Solar-powered water pumps can provide clean water and improve health and sanitation for millions of Tanzanian,” he added.
OSU has committed itself to retrofit 125 village water well systems in partnership with UDOM. UDOM Vice Chancellor, Prof Idris Kikula said the power project will help reduce the cost of power as the institution currently spends US$67,879 on electricity alone.

Newly constructed 55MW solar power project in Tanzania commissioned

Tony254 said:

Yaani mna miradi mingi sana lakini bado mnabakia kuwa LDC shithole. Ha haha dah! .Worldbank inawaonea wivu, mbona haiwapandishi cheo mpaka middle income? Nendeni Washington D.C mpige kambi huko hadi mpandishwe cheo kiuchumi mtoke ligi ya nchi masikini. Dah! Mna miradi nyingi sana hamstahili kuwa shithole LDC

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Unaweza kuona juhudu zinazofanyika kujitoa huko, hivyo ndivyo inavyoitajika kwa nchi yoyote ili iweze kupiga hatua. Do not pay to much attention on your current position, more important is your direction.

Jambo la kusikitisha hakuna hatuo zozote muhimu zinazochukuliwa na serikali ya Kenya kujitoa ktk kundi la failed states.
https://www.nation.co.ke/news/polit...peaceful-poll/1064-1893004-j93e9vz/index.html

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Aminex looks ahead to next Tanzania well
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07:31 23 Aug 2018
The next well aims to follow up the successes at the nearby Ntorya gas project.

A tendering process is underway
Aminex plc (LON:AEX) told investors that it is preparing for the drilling of the Chikumbi-1 (CH-1) well in Tanzania.
It will be a follow-up to the successful wells of the Ntorya project, with CH-1 located up-dip from both the Ntorya-1 and Ntorya-2 wells.

The well is expected to delineate the Ntorya gas field in a significantly thicker section of the reservoir system and is also intended to evaluate a deeper exploration target.
READ: Aminex farm-out agreement should kick-start Ruvuma development
Success is expected to lead to production into the existing Madimba gas processing plant, before being integrated into a wider field development.
A tendering process is now underway to hire a rig for the CH-1 programme.
"The company continues to progress the completion of the proposed farm out transaction while driving forward operations over its key assets at Ruvuma and Kiliwani North," said Jay Bhattacherjee, Aminex chief executive.
Additionally, the company noted that pressure in the Kiliwani North-1 well has built up sufficiently and work continues to stimulate production as soon as possible.

Aminex looks ahead to next Tanzania well

This is Tanzanian News. Not Kenyan. I wonder why its posted here

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Tanzania gets ready for uranium mining
22 June 2018

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The Tanzanian government has worked actively to implement International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recommendations to develop the legal and regulatory infrastructure ready for uranium mining to commence, the Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission's (TAEC) Dennis Mwalongo said ahead of the IAEA's URAM-2018 symposium.

Environmental sampling at Mkuju River (Image: Firmi Banzi/TAEC)
In 2013, an IAEA Uranium Production Site Appraisal Team (UPSAT) mission to Tanzania made recommendations including the establishment of regulatory infrastructure, appropriate legislation for safe uranium mining and the harmonisation of regulations to protect people and the environment.

"Five years on, a lot of progress has taken place," Mwalongo, head of TAEC's Department of Ionising Radiation, said ahead of the IAEA's International Symposium on Uranium Raw Material for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Exploration, Mining, Production, Supply and Demand, Economics and Environmental Issues (URAM-2018), which opens on 25 June in Vienna. "The government has worked actively to implement the IAEA UPSAT recommendations, which include developing appropriate legal and regulatory measures that comply with international requirements."

The first construction phase of TAEC's laboratory complex, which will provide radioanalytical and calibration services to support regulatory oversight of uranium mining, has been completed. Key decisions to promote and implement uranium production have been based on the UPSAT mission's recommendations. TAEC has also developed legislation for exploration, construction, mining and milling, packaging and transportation of uranium and for the final decommissioning of uranium mine sites.

The Tanzanian government has clearly defined specific guidelines on managing radioactive waste and on the protection of workers, the public and the environment, Mwalongo said. Capacity building, competency-based training, international expertise and specific skill development have been provided by the IAEA, the European Commission, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and the US United Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

A number of public awareness campaigns and workshops have been carried out by the government to increase awareness of the regulatory requirements of uranium mining, Mwalongo said.

"Uranium mining will contribute to successful and sustainable socioeconomic development for Tanzania. Another important goal is to develop the Dar es Salaam seaport for uranium transport and export," Mwalongo said.

Uranium One's Mkuju River is the most advanced uranium project in Tanzania, and in 2013 became the first uranium mine to receive a licence from Tanzania's ministry of energy and mineral resources. Uranium One last year announced that its subsidiary Mantra Tanzania had applied to suspend the project until economic conditions become more favourable.

Tanzania also has plans to introduce nuclear energy under its 2003 Atomic Energy Act.

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This is Tanzanian News. Not Kenyan. I wonder why its posted here

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Swala Oil to list at the Stock Exchange of Mauritius

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August 23, 2018
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Swala Oil to list at the Stock Exchange of Mauritius
THE Stock Exchange of Mauritius has approved the listing of Swala Oil & Gas from Tanzania which will now see the listing of the company’s $ 50 million corporate bonds.

The company first announced the move to on the 2nd of July 2018 and its advisors intend to proceed to finalizing the financing for the second and third tranches of the transaction with Orca Exploration Group Inc.
The Company's shares remain suspended on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange pursuant to its announcement of August 6.
Dr. David Mestres Ridge Swala CEO said: “We are pleased to have concluded the listing process on a stock exchange such as that of Mauritius and will now start placing the bonds with sophisticated investors and Company shareholders with whom we have engaged constantly over the past months”.
Ridge said: “We aim to complete the placing over the next two to three weeks, reflecting the interest that this first Tanzanian oil and gas industry bond has awakened in Tanzania and elsewhere”.
Swala Oil and Gas (Tanzania) is an oil and gas company listed on the Dar es Salaam stock exchange with assets in Tanzania and Burundi.
The company conducts exploration at the Kilosa-Kilombero in Tanzania and Block D in Burundi. Swala has a 75 percent participating interest in Kilosa-Kilombero and a 100 percent participating interest in Block D.
Swala has also become a shareholder of PAE PanAfrican Energy Corporation (PAEM), a Mauritius-registered company that owns PanAfrican Energy Tanzania Limited (PAET).
PAET in turn holds the rights granted by the government of Tanzania to explore, develop, market, produce and sell natural gas from the Songo Songo gas field in Tanzania, the associated infrastructure and distribution and marketing agreements with private sector and state enterprises.
Swala has been, and continues to be, an active contributor to the development of the Tanzanian capital markets and to local content participation in the natural resources sector.
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Tanzania, Uganda sign gas pipeline deal
SATURDAY AUGUST 25 2018


Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (left) with his Tanzanian counterpart John Pombe Magufuli after commissioning the Mutukula one-stop border post on November 9, 2017. The also laid a second foundation stone for the crude pipeline in Ruzinga, Kyotera district in Uganda. PHOTO | PPU

In Summary

• The pipeline comes just 15 months after Dar es Salaam and Kampala agreed in May 2017, to construct a crude oil pipeline from Hoima in Uganda, to Chongoleani in Tanga.
• This will be the first trans-border gas pipeline in East Africa since the extraction of natural gas commenced in 2004 at the Songosongo Island in Tanzania’s southern region of Lindi.
• Apart from carrying natural gas to Uganda, the pipeline will distribute the product along the route.

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Tanzania and Uganda have signed an agreement for the construction a natural gas pipeline.

The multimillion dollar deal was signed at the end of a three-day Joint Permanent Commission Summit held in Kampala, led by Tanzania’s Foreign Minister Augustine Mahiga and Uganda’s Minister for Energy Irene Muloni.

The summit was preceded by a series of meetings that involved permanent secretaries and other senior officials.
The deal was a culmination of work that began during the first Tanzania-Uganda meeting held in April last year in Arusha, in which the two agreed on a number of memoranda and co-operation frameworks.

The pipeline comes just 15 months after Dar es Salaam and Kampala agreed in May 2017, to construct a crude oil pipeline from Hoima in Uganda, to Chongoleani in Tanga.

The project led by French oil multinational Total as the main contactor was launched in Tanga by Presidents John Magufuli of Tanzania and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda.

This will be the first trans-border gas pipeline in East Africa since the extraction of natural gas commenced in 2004 at the Songosongo Island in Tanzania’s southern region of Lindi.

Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation set August 24, 2018, as the deadline for submission of tender documents for the consultancy services for feasibility studies.

TPDC managing director Kapuulya Musomba told The EastAfrican that he was confident the pipeline construction would be successful given the expertise and experience gained through the construction and servicing of two pipelines — the 532km Mtwara-Dar es Salaam one and the crude oil pipeline that is underway.

He said that apart from carrying natural gas to Uganda, the pipeline will distribute the product along the route.
“About 10 to 15 Tanzania regions will benefit from the pipeline that will also serve as a catalyst for oil and gas exploration,” Mr Musomba said.
Tanzania has a confirmed natural gas recoverable reserve of 57.5 trillion cubic feet.
Mr
Musomba, however, did not reveal the source force funding for the project.
The gas to be transmitted is meant for power generation for industrial and domestic use. A half of Tanzania’s power generation depends on natural gas plants generate 684.66MW, those using diesel 125.429MW and hydro 561.843MW.
Uganda plans to set up a mega project to extract iron ore, a key raw material for the production of iron and steel.

During his visit to Tanzania on August 9, 2018, President Museveni underscored the need for improving production of iron, which is required for infrastructure projects, such as the standard gauge railways in Kenya and Tanzania.


Tanzania, Uganda sign gas pipeline deal

hayo ma gas wakenya wanayatamani but sidhani hata kama wanaweza kununua