Tanzania buys bulk CNG for stations and in future will be extended to
locations where the stations will be built if the location will be in
proximity to the current pipeline infrastructure. FILE PHOTO | NMG
The Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation is calling for
investors in compressed natural gas (CNG) to establish fuelling stations
for vehicles.
The corporation is
planning two large stations in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam to
support trucking supply of CNG to retail stations located far from the
pipeline infrastructure.
“This is an
opportunity for other participants in the natural gas value chain to buy
CNG from TPDC at wholesale price to resell to end-users specifically
vehicle owners,” TPDC said last week while inviting expressions of
interest.
“This is to enable scaling
up of the gas utilisation potential in the transport sector by replacing
costly and environmentally unfriendly diesel and petrol which are
wholly imported.”
The tender is open from July 19 to August 19, 2019.
Tanzania
buys bulk CNG for stations and in future will be extended to locations
where the stations will be built if the location will be in proximity to
the current pipeline infrastructure.
The country supplies compressed natural gas
for the transport sector and piped natural gas for the domestic,
commercial and industrial sector.
Currently,
TPDC is developing gas supply infrastructures in Dar es Salaam, Mtwara
and Coast Regions. And the CNG plants at Ubungo for vehicles using both
natural gas and normal gasoline. “The use of natural gas is further
decreasing air pollution and curbed diseases caused by the use of
charcoal.
For automobiles, CNG is cheaper and more eco-friendly than diesel or gasoline systems,” said TPDC.
According
to available data, around 100,000 hectares of forests are lost per year
as many Tanzanians are heavily dependent on biomass.
It
was reported recently that after completion of the construction of the
542-kilometre gas pipeline from Mtwara to Dar es Salaam TPDC now plans
to put up a $150-$200 million mega plant to facilitate the
transportation of natural gas to large-scale industries and households.
Tanzania has been exploring for natural gas for more than 50 years.
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