Kilwa — Production
of natural gas has been suspended today, November 3, because of a
leaking pipeline, which transports the energy from...
Somangafungu Island
to Dar es Salaam.
Pan African Energy
Tanzania (PAET) deputy managing director Bizinama Ntuyabaliwe confirmed
that they have suspended production to stop gas from flowing through the
pipeline to avoid further leakage.
"Our experts were
cleaning the Songas pipeline, but unfortunately, the pipeline started
leaking the natural gas, so we have decided to stop production until the
problem is fixed," he said.
He said there was no casualty or damage to the plant or pipeline reported.
"If there will be
demands for gas by the Tanzania Electricity Supply Company (Tanesco), we
will use the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) facility
as we continue fixing the problem," he said.
Songas Tanzania
Limited, which operates the pipeline, said their experts were already
working on the leakage, hoping to fix it before long.
Speaking with The
Citizen yesterday, Songas Tanzania managing director Nigel Whittaker
confirmed that the pipeline had a technical problem.
"It is true that
the pipeline has experienced minor technical faults, but our technical
team is fixing the problem. It's fortunate that there was no explosion,"
he said.
However, some Kilwa residents say they saw smoke billowing in the sky with sounds of blasts, causing panic among them.
Socio-economic activities were also halted as many people were running to the scene to witness what happened
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