Chart of the week #15: Getting a good deal from natural gas?
Expectations: Kipanya in Mwananchi, June 2014 Natural gas is a game changer in Tanzania, both economically and politically. The latest reports suggest that there may be as much as 51 trillion cubic...
View ArticleThe sound of silence, breaking?
The leaked Statoil contract (see here for background) is a big deal. Tanzania could well lose out on several hundred million dollars a year from just this contract (compared to the terms of the model...
View ArticleStatoil gas contract: Tanzania’s media picks up the story
For background on this post, see my previous posts on the topic: Chart of the week #15: Getting a good deal from natural gas? The sound of silence, breaking? – – – – Majira 7/7/14 Over the weekend, the...
View ArticleThe best of the gas cartoons
I’m claiming some credit for the first one, by Masoud Kipanya in todays Mwananchi: Kipanya in Mwananchi, 9/7/14 And here’s why I’m claiming that credit: Cartoon idea for @masoudkipanya / @wakudata1...
View ArticleWhy we need leaks: transparency and whistleblowing in gas contracts
It’s good to see the Statoil gas story continues to make headlines in the Tanzanian press. Today (Monday) saw The Citizen lead with the story, asking some very pertinent questions about the contract...
View ArticleWhat have you missed since June?
If you’ve signed up to receive this blog by email (as you can do using the link on the right), then you may well have missed several posts over the past few months. I shifted to a new web-host at the...
View ArticleApparently everyone wants transparency in Tanzania’s gas contracts. Lets get...
Last weekend, Statoil management finally broke their silence on their leaked contract for gas production in Tanzania. In an interview with The Citizen newspaper, Statoil’s Country Manager for Tanzania,...
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