DARUBINI – TANZANIA BRIEFING – AUGUST 2024
The global energy landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. Today, Tanzania is on the brink of finalizing a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export deal.
The Likong’o Liquefied Natural Gas Project aims to exploit the reserves discovered in an offshore basin in the Indian Ocean, with an estimated 57 trillion cubic feet of gas intended for export. The Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) is collaborating with international companies, including Equinor, ExxonMobil, and Shell, to invest USD 42 billion in the project.
This fifth edition of the DARUBINI Briefing delves into the Tanzanian LNG project, discussing its environmental linkages, economic and political dimensions, and social sustainability. It also highlights community engagement and concerns, finally presenting recommendations and proposing a just framework for the project’s implementation.
“DARUBINI” is the quarterly briefing on “Justice, Human Rights, and Natural Resource Governance in Tanzania.”
This publication is part of the project ‘Empowering Tanzanian communities and civil society to foster justice and human rights in natural resource governance‘ implemented by HakiRasilimali, Business and Human Rights Tanzania (BHRT), Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) and the International Peace Information Service (IPIS) and supported by the Belgian Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (DGD).
This publication has been produced with the financial assistance of the Belgian Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (DGD). The contents of this document can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the Belgian Development Cooperation.
