Tanzania's energy regulator is in a move that will see more than 42 companies connected to gas. Priority will be given to companies situated in industrial parks.
"We have enough gas to connect to as many companies as possible but we have decided to start with 42 at the moment due to financial constraints and poor infrastructure," Kapuulya Musomba, the Acting Managing Director of the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) said in Dar es Salaam.
"Connecting gas to companies needs heavy investments," he said, adding that currently there were about 81 new companies that needed to be connected to gas for energy.
"We currently use only 10 percent of the gas we produce countrywide and the industries which need gas are many," said Musomba.
Medard Kalemani, the Deputy Minister of Energy and Minerals, said the government was in the process of establishing a gas master plan aimed at creating provisions for both domestic and industrial gas use.
Kalemani said the master plan will also help investors to understand how to access gas for powering their industries.
The east African nation's total estimated recoverable natural gas reserves are more than 57 trillion cubic feet.
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