Songas is an internationally-owned company that generates electricity using gas that was discovered at Songo Songo island off the coast of southern Tanzania. The business consists of two different operating streams, Gas Processing and Transportation and Power Generation.

Gas coming from the the Songo Songo Gas Field is processed to remove water and other hydrocarbon condensates.

It is them transported through a 225 kilometre pipeline to Dar es Salaam where it is used in Songas’ Ubungo power plant, the largest gas fired powerstation in East Africa, where it drives six aero-derivative turbines that generate 190 megawatts (MW) of electricity.

This electricity is fed into the national electricity grid from where it is distributed to end users by TANESCO.

This gas provides a clean, reliable alternative source of energy in a country that has been heavily dependent on hydroelectric power and expensive oil fired turbines.

Songas sells it's electricity to TANESCO at an overall cost, including gas processing, transportation and generation, of approximately 5.5 US cents per kWH (TSH65). This is one of the cheapest all-in generation costs in East Africa and is extrememly competitive when compared to International electricity prices.

Gas is also delivered to other large energy users in Dar es Salaam who also get to benefit from this cheap and reliable fuel.