Oil and Gas
Tanzania has for some years produced gas for domestic use from Songo Songo and Mnazi Bay gas fields – in operation since 2004 and 2006 respectively.
Since 2000, hydrocarbon exploration activities in Tanzania have intensified with the number of active production sharing agreements increasing significantly in recent years. The interest in exploration has accelerated in particular in the period from 2010 following discoveries of commercial quantities of gas in the deep water offshore. As at September 2015 Tanzania’s estimate of recoverable natural gas reserves (from both onshore and offshore basins) was 55 trillion cubic feet (tcf).
New legislation relevant to the petroleum sector was enacted in July 2015 including: the Petroleum Act 2015 (which replaces the Petroleum Exploration and Production Act 1980 and the Petroleum Act 2008); the Oil and Gas Revenues Management Act 2015; and the Tanzania Extractive Industries (Tranparency and Accountability) Act 2015.
Utilities
The main supplier of energy is the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO), a state owned company. TANESCO’s generation system consists of hydro and thermo (from oil and gas). The thermal power facilities are operated by private independent power projects.TANESCO is also connected to the Uganda grid (via Masaka through which it imports electricity into the Kagera region in North Western Tanzania), and to the Zambian grid (which supplies power to the Mbeya region).
Water is supplied by various government-owned water authorities in the country. Each major town has its own water authority.