No mambo hayako hivo, kuna mda IMPORT is cheap than producing it, For example Tanzania kushakuaga na refinery Miaka ya nyuma, i can remember it ilikua inaitwa
TIPER (Tanzania International Petroleum Reserves Limited)
Hii refinery ilikuja kufungwa sio kwamba mahitaji hayapo ila Income Vs Expenses vilikua dunia na kuzimu, na sio Tanzania tu, Kenya ni miongoni mwa nchi pia mwaka ya nyuma walikua na Refinery na walishaifunga mda sana
Infact moja ya kelele wakenya wanaolilia ni Ile yao irekebishwe ili mzigo usiende Tanga, So ukiangalia economics za mbelen sometimes hesabu zinaenda kushoto, So sometimes its cheap to import!
Geza Ulole
Kaka, unatakiwa uelewe kwanza products zinazotokana na refinery ni nyingi, siyo mafuta pekee.
Tunapa:
Light Ends: LPG (Propane/Butane), Gasoline - Cooking fuel, passenger cars, light vehicles
Middle Distillates: Diesel, Jet Fuel, Kerosene - Heavy-duty trucks, aviation, home heating
Heavy Ends: Fuel Oil, Bitumen (Asphalt) - Ship engines, power plants, road construction
Specialties: Lubricants, Waxes, Petroleum Coke - Motor oil, candles, steel manufacturing, Plastic
By-products: Sulfur, Hydrogen - Fertilisers, chemical synthesis
Sababu za kuanguka kwa TIPPER mwaka 1999:
Uchakaaji wa Mashine na Teknolojia
Gharama Kubwa za Uendeshaji
Ushindani kutoka kwenye Soko la Dunia
Matatizo ya Usimamizi na Ubia
Kuingia kwa Sera ya Uliberalishaji