Tanzania Archives - Ibe Kachikwu

23rd August 2021

Aminex Announces Extension of Ruvuma License in Tanzania

Aminex PLC has reported that ARA Petroleum Tanzania (APT), the operator of the Ruvuma joint venture in Tanzania, has received a licence renewal from the Tanzanian Ministry of Energy under...

19th July 2021

Uganda Seeks to Transport Fuel Through Tanzanian Ports to End Kenyan Monopoly

Uganda is looking at ways to reduce its dependency on Kenya for petroleum imports by resuming exports through Tanzania. The country accounts for around three-quarters of the transit cargo at...

10th July 2021

Exalo Drilling has Received its First Drilling Contract in Tanzania

Exalo Drilling, a subsidiary of PGNiG, a Polish gas company, received its first drilling contract in Tanzania on July 6. The construction will begin in September and will cover the...

8th July 2021

Tanzania Increases Fuel Prices for July

The Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) issued the current monthly cap prices for petroleum products last week, which represented a rise as the country's new Finance Act modifications...

6th May 2021

Kenya and Tanzania Sign Gas Pipeline Deal; To Jointly Combat COVID-19

East African countries, Kenya and Tanzania, have signed a gas pipeline deal that is to run between the coastal cities of Mombasa in Kenya and Dar es Salaam in Tanzania....

1st May 2021

Lenders Withdrawing from Total’s Hoima – Tanga Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)

Several lenders are reportedly walking away from financing the Total SE-sponsored EACOP project, barely three weeks after the official launch. Last week, it was reported in French Newspaper, Les Echos,...

29th December 2020

Tanzanian Minister of Energy Issues 3-month Ultimatum for Nyakanazi Power Project

The Tanzanian Minister of Energy, Dr Medard Kalemani, has issued a three-month ultimatum to the Contractor of the Nyakanazi Power Cooling Sub-Station located in Biharamulo District for the completion of...

22nd December 2020

Tanzania to Resume Oil and Gas Negotiations with IOCs in 2021

The Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) is hopeful that the Host Government Agreement (HGA) negotiations between the government and International Oil and Gas Companies on the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)...

18th December 2020

Tanzania Sees an Increase in Gas Production and Supply; Malawi Increases Fuel Price

Wentworth Resources Limited announced an increase in production of natural gas in Mnazi Bay, Tanzania, in November 2020. The increase in demand caused the production at the Bay to rise...

11th December 2020

Wentworth Resources Publishes Operational Update for 2020

Tanzania-focused natural gas production company, Wentworth Resources, has announced its Financial, Operational, Sustainability and its Sustainable Dividend Policy for 2020. It announced that Mnazi Bay continues to remain fully operational...