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Douala oil terminal, shown during construction (Photo: EJN)

It was built over a period of about two years of Douala (PAD).
by a French contractor, Entreprise Jean Negri Cameroon is completely dependent on
et Fils (EJN). The cost of construction came to imported petroleum products. It has not been
CFA10bn (18.51mn) and was covered by the able to produce its own fuel since 2019, when its
port authority, known as the Autonomous Port only working refinery was destroyed in a fire. ™

Tanzania aims to build oil and gas

complex in Mtwara Free Port Zone

TANZANIA TANZANIAN authorities have unveiled plans
for the construction of facilities to serve oil com-
panies in the Mtwara Free Port Zone (MFPZ).
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Hussein
Bashe told members of the National Assembly
last week that the government had set aside a
1.1-square km section of MFPZ for this pur-
pose. This section of the port will be built to
serve companies involved in the development of
crude oil and natural gas fields and will include
berthing and supply facilities, he said.
According to Bashe, the oil and gas complex
may eventually provide services for the entire
region. The Mtwara complex will be able to
handle shipments of supplies and equipment
needed for the development of hydrocarbon
fields offshore Kenya, Tanzania and Mozam-
bique, he explained. The Port of Mtwara is in southern Tanzania (Photo: Wikipedia)
He also indicated that the government’s
interest in the project had not diminished as a major investment is still needed in the world,”
result of the deterioration in security conditions he commented.
in northern Mozambique. Tanzanian authori- His statements drew questions from mem-
ties expect investors’ interest in Mozambican gas bers of the National Assembly, with Anastazia
reserves to persist over the long term, so MPFZ Wambura, a member of the Special Seats-CCM
should continue to make provisions for serving faction, complaining about the slow pace of
oil and gas operators working in that country’s work on MFPZ facilities. Wambura asked
offshore zone, he said. whether the government truly intended to move
“We all know how gas exploration activi- forward with the establishment of the oil and gas
ties in the world have gone down and how the complex. She also asked whether the site might
investment in Mozambique has been so delayed. eventually be split up and used to build other
Therefore I believe that having the area for the types of port facilities.

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