Helium drilling should start immediately, Muhongo says
Minister for Energy and Minerals, Prof Sospeter Muhongo.
What you need to know:
The discovery has been hailed by scientists in the world as timely, given the dwindling of helium reserves
Researchers from Durham and Oxford universities, however, have surprised the scientific world by discovering a huge new reserve in Tanzania’s Rift Valley in east Africa—using a new technique which could be used to find even more. It turns out that volcanic activity helps release the gas from the ancient rocks which usually hold it, allowing it to rise to shallower gas fields.
