Licence Formally Announced10 Sep 2024 20:31
"The licensing of this project is a major step this nursery will produce 1.6 trillion cubic feet this is a big thing we congratulate you and President Samia. We are pleased with the great work that is going on, especially in the gas sector, and after its significant contribution to electricity it has now made a significant contribution to clean energy and the operation of machinery and vehicles to help the country move towards clean energy." He said the s. Hold on.
The Ambassador of Oman to the country. Saud bin Hilal Alshaidani said the awarding of the licence to develop the nursery connects Tanzania and Oman and will help Tanzania's economy.
"We hope in this partnership we will gain the benefits and support the community of Morogoro as well as introduce Tanzania to the world as a gas producer," the ambassador said.
Member of Parliament for the Rural Area, Mr. Shamsia Mtamba congratulated President Samia on agreeing to implement the Ntorya gas development and discovery project in Nanguruwe County as it will bring productivity and a boost to the economy of the people of Mtwara and the country as a whole.
"We see a number of things have started to happen with gas resources for example your instructions for the village of Msimbati have come into effect and my request to you for this project to start working for the local people to get jobs to develop economically."
Mr. Mtamba added that although he is a member of the People's Party (CUF), Dr. Biteko and the Government as a whole have been implementing his requests for development projects in his constituency.
The Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy, Engineer Felchesmi Mramba, said the country's journey towards natural gas discovery had begun a long time ago, with a large discovery in 2010 at sea and land at 57.54 feet.
Mramba said some of the benefits of the gas discovery are that it is improved energy security, increasing electricity production and having a more efficient energy mix in the country.
Director of the Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC), Mr. Musa Makame, said the project was started in collaboration with the Government, TPDC and Ndovu Resources.
"In 2017 the drilling was done and we found gas, so far we have 1.6 trillion feet that have been discovered and verified, and this year to next we are drilling a well and we already have two wells and we are going to drill the third," Mr. Makame said.
He explained that TPDC is building a pipeline to transport gas and a small gas plant to be liquid and take it to areas that are not reached by pipelines and then to other areas. In addition, the agency will provide 750 million shillings to build a health center as part of the project's profits.
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