Organised by the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat in collaboration with Tanzania’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals and Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC), the workshop discussed the market analysis, economic and financial evaluation factors, route selection and environmental issues, and it provided valuable feedback to the consultants on the second phase of the feasibility study, which is being carried out in four phases.

The feasibility study for the Dar es Salaam – Tanga – Mombasa Natural Gas Pipeline study commenced in July 2010 and is being carried out by a Danish consulting firm COWI A/S in association with COWI Tanzania and Runji and Partners Consulting Engineers of Kenya.

Following the workshop, the consultants will proceed with phase three of the study, which will involve detailed analysis of the issues identified in Phase two. In Phase four, the consultants will package the findings of the study into reports.

The African Development Bank is supporting the EAC by financing the study through a grant of $US561,700.

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The Chairperson of the steering committee on the feasibility study Barampanze Pierre said that the workshop was an important milestone in the study as it brought together key stakeholders whose inputs were instrumental in shaping the next phases of the study.