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Tanzania enjoys environmental Benefits from Natural Gas exploitation |
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Last year I had amazing opportunity to work with Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation and be part in some of the projects. Some of the projects includes exploitation of natural gas, uses of natural gas for example Dar es Salaam Rapid Transit (DART) to start using natural gas on the next intake of the importation of their rapid transit buses and establishment of fertilizer industry which uses natural gas as a raw material. Before continuing further firstly we should know what is natural gas and benefits to environment over other energy. Natural gas, the cleanest fossil fuel, is a highly efficient form of energy. It is composed chiefly of methane the simple chemical composition of natural gas is a molecule of one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms (CH4). When methane is burned completely, the principal products of combustion are carbon dioxide and water vapor. Natural gas advantages over other fuels include the following: it has fewer impurities, it is less chemically complex, and its combustion generally results in less pollution. In most applications, using natural gas produces less of the following substances than oil or coal: carbon dioxide (CO2),which is the primary greenhouse gas sulfur dioxide, which is the primary precursor of acid rain nitrogen oxides, which is the primary precursor of smog and particulate matter, which can affect health and visibility than oil or coal. Technological progress allows cleaner energy production than ever for all fuels, although the inherent cleanliness of gas means that environmental controls on gas equipment, if required, tend to be far less expensive than those for other fuels. Using natural gas to replace less environmentally benign fuels can help address simultaneously a number of environmental concerns, such as smog, acid rain and greenhouse gas emissions. Natural gas is highly efficient. About 90 percent of the natural gas produced is delivered to customers as useful energy. In contrast, only about 30 percent of the energy converted to electricity in conventional generating facilities reaches consumers. Comparison of Air Emissions from Fossil Fuels (Pounds of air emissions produced per billion Btu of energy)
After we have seen the benefits and comparisons next time I will come up with more explanations about Dar es Salaam Rapid Transit (DART) and natural gas. In Developed country like America Natural gas also helps to develop clean alternative energy sources in various ways, such as
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17 Comments
good report
Posted 07-02-2018 21:53
thanks for sharing
Posted 07-02-2018 21:46
Congrats for having such opportunity, Peter! Those pictures are also amazing, it is hard to believe you have taken all by yourself! I hope to continuously read your future articles as well. Thanks for sharing and have a great day : )
Posted 20-11-2016 15:34
Goods news Peter! Yeah natural gas emits less pollution. Seoul also changed the buses to go on gas. Hope more and more changes will come!
Posted 12-11-2016 14:15
Very informative and a good article, thanks
Posted 11-11-2016 17:04
Thank you hope you have enjoyed Kamaldeen
Posted 10-11-2016 13:20
Thankyou and yes next time i will try to cover up Raneem
Posted 10-11-2016 13:19
Your welcome Arushi Madan
Posted 10-11-2016 13:18
Thank you Romansheeka
Posted 10-11-2016 13:17
Thank you Joshua
Posted 10-11-2016 13:16
Thank you for your article. Looking forward to knowing more about DART.
Posted 10-11-2016 01:28
Nice article, Peter.
Posted 09-11-2016 20:55
Thanks for highlighting the benefits of natural gas. With alraming levels of global warming, it's almost mandatory that all nations should start exploring clean and renewable sources of energy for their infrastructure and other industrial needs. Glad to know about Dar es Salaam Rapid Transit (DART) using natural gas. Thanks for the clear & great pictures.
Posted 09-11-2016 04:40
good to hear that ...peter
Posted 08-11-2016 23:43
Beautiful!
Posted 08-11-2016 16:22
Thank you !! yeah I will come with it next time Hasini Siriwardana
Posted 08-11-2016 14:22
Interesting article and looking forward to hearing some important things about natural gas exploitation projects, you mentioned above.
Thanks for sharing
Posted 08-11-2016 13:24