A liquefied natural gas plant. The government and international oil companies are currently at a crucial stage of negotiations to set up a similar plant in Tanzania. PHOTO|FILE
What you need to know:
The government and a consortium of major oil companies that plan to invest in the giant liquefied natural gas project have kick-started negotiations that will pave the way for a sprawling facility on over 2,000 hectares of land in Lindi
ENERGY: BG Tanzania manager Patricia Mhondo told BusinessWeek that companies have done groundwork to establish the LNG commercial framework