Condensates are a low-density mixture of
hydrocarbon liquids that are present as gaseous components in the raw
natural gas produced from many natural gas fields.
The Tiper Managing Director, Mr Stephane
Gay confirmed in an interview yesterday that the Tanzania Petroleum
Development Corporation (TPDC) had approached Tiper in an emergency to
receive and store the condensates produced in the Songosongo gas field.
“We have so far received a full cargo of
646 tons, equivalent to 820 m3 of condensates, and expect a new
delivery between August and September this year,” said Mr Gay.
Songosongo produces about seven barrels, equivalent to 1.1 m3 a day,
against a storage capacity limited to a few hundreds of m3.
The move comes after the Energy and
Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA), at the request of TPDC,
had already inspected and approved a dedicated tank of 2,200 m3 for
storing the condensates.
According to experts’ point of view, if
the products are not removed from the production site, they would have
affected the gas production and this would have affected power
generation in Dar es Salaam.
The Songosongo gas field is located on
and offshore Songosongo island, about 15 km from the Tanzanian mainland
and 200 km south of Dar es Salaam.
The project serves two onshore and three
offshore natural gas wells at the island, with the gas from the wells
being piped to a plant on the island.
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