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Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2015 shows the gas project
in Mtwara, Tanzania. Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete on Saturday officially
inaugurated a 535-kilometre gas pipeline built with a 1.33-billion-U.S.-dollar
concessional loan from the Export-Import Bank of China. (Xinhua/Li Sibo) (Image by News.CN)
DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian President
Jakaya Kikwete on Saturday officially inaugurated a 535-kilometer gas pipeline
built with a 1.225-billion-U.S.-dollar concessional loan from the Export-Import
Bank of China.
The construction of the gas pipeline that transports natural
gas from Tanzania's southern region of Mtwara to the commercial capital Dar es
Salaam started in June 2013 and was undertaken by China Petroleum Technology
and Development Corporation (CPTDC), a subsidiary of China National Petroleum
Company (CNPC).
The construction works involved the laying down of 24-36
inches diameter pipeline from Mnazi Bay in Mtwara to Kinyerezi in Dar es Salaam
via Somanga Fungu where there was already a spur line from the Songo Songo gas
field in Lindi region, also in southern Tanzania.
The Chinese firm has also constructed a natural gas
processing plant at Madimba in Mtwara region.
Speaking shortly after he had commissioned the project,
President Kikwete said the inauguration of the project should end power outages
facing the east African nation's second largest economy after Kenya.
Tanzania has for a long time been facing power
shortage due to its dependence on hydro-power generation
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