Tuesday, 8 August 2017

Aminex Could Secure Similar From Baker Hughes


Baker Hughes, a GE Company has won a major contract to provide a wide range of services to develop Papua New Guinea's first offshore gas field which is seen as a new model to help producers adapt to a world of low oil prices.

The contract, worth several hundred million dollars, contrasts with the traditional model where a company awards various parts of

Magufuli Defends Tanzanian Constitution and rejects calls to extend his rule beyond two-term limit


Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Monday rejected calls from some of his supporters to extend his rule beyond the constitutional limit of two, five-year terms, bucking a trend in the region.

Several leaders including Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, Rwanda's Paul Kagame and Burundi's Pierre Nkurunziza have all tinkered with

Monday, 7 August 2017

Somanga Fungu 320mw Gas Fired Power Plant out to tender


The government of Tanzania plans to build a grid-connected gas-powered electricity power station at Somanga-Fungu village near or at the location of the present installation.  The new power plant will have installed capacity of 320MW.  A financial adviser was

All Tanzanian rural areas to be connected to National Grid within three years - Tanesco Rea Phase III fueling the need for Gas


Tanzania: Pressure mounts on REA Phase III contractors
Earlier this year, Tanzania's energy and minerals deputy minister, Dr Medard Kalemani, instructed contracted companies to ensure that they electrify identified villages under phase two of the Rural Energy Agency (REA II) project.

ESI Africa previously reported that Kalemani gave the instructions while

Sunday, 6 August 2017

Oil Pipeline and Economic Opportunities to act as a Catalyst for Tanzania Uganda Railway Link


THE Oil pipeline whose construction was flagged off yesterday by President John Magufuli and his counterpart from Uganda, Yoweri Museveni is likely to trigger other economic opportunities, economists have said.
Such other economic opportunities that are likely to

Deal struck as Uganda Wants Tanzanian Gas


President Museveni had appealed to Dr Magufuli to consider constructing a gas pipeline from Tanzania to Uganda along the same route of the crude oil pipeline from Hoima to Tanga, whose construction was launched yesterday.

Mr Museveni said Uganda has discovered a huge chunk of iron ore reserve, but could not mine the resource due to

Worlds Longest Pipeline brings 10,000 jobs and Power to 140 Tanzanian villages

Uganda and Tanzania on Saturday launched the construction of the “world’s-longest pipeline” to transport highly-viscous crude oil from landlocked Uganda to the port city of Tanga in Tanzania.

The $3.5 billion project is a significant