Regional Focus: South Africa’s transport strategy to shape country’s gas sector

South Africa’s Gas Utilization Master Plan outlines how the gas sector will be developed. As the country proceeds with the plan, the role of the government-initiated Gas Transport Strategy (GTS) in maximizing the benefits of compressed natural gas (CNG) and compressed biogas (CBG) is likely to be given prominence in the nation’s medium-term economic development plan. The GTS for 2018–2050, which was launched by the Department of Transportation with the objective of decreasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in South Africa’s transport sector by 5% by 2050, is expected to drive development and trade in the country’s gas industry in the long term, even as the country strives to achieve its int