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Tanzania says construction of LNG plant to start in 2022

Tanzania’s Energy minister Dr Merdad Kalemani. He has said that Tanzania will start building a delayed liquefied natural gas in 2022. PHOTO | MWANANCHI

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Tanzania expects a consortium of international oil companies to start building a long-delayed liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in 2022, its energy minister said on Tuesday.

Construction of an LNG export terminal near huge offshore natural gas discoveries in deep water south of the country has been held up for years by regulatory delays.

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