Tanzania-Uganda Pipeline Agreement ‘A Boon for All’
Dar es Salaam — Tanzania and Uganda’s private sector partnership have agreed on four issues that need addressing if local businesses in the two countries are to benefit from the Continue Reading
East Africa: ‘My House Is Crumbling’ – Living in Limbo Along the East Africa Pipeline
People along the route of the proposed 1,443 km oil pipeline talk of confusion, uncertainty and lives on hold. Following the recent signing of accords, the construction of a hugely Continue Reading
The Story Behind The World’s Longest Electrically Heated Oil Pipeline
Uganda has signed a landmark deal with Tanzania for the construction of the world’s longest electrically heated crude oil pipeline, working in partnership with French oil supermajor Total. The 1440km Continue Reading
Tanzania: Ugandans Criticize Oil Pipeline Deal With Tanzania and Total
President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania and President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. Ugandans are making disparaging comments on social media about the multibillion-dollar oil pipeline deal that the country has Continue Reading
Tanzania To Begin Talks With Majors On $30B Deepwater LNG Project
Tanzania’s government will start this month talks with major international firms to define the commercial terms for a deepwater liquefied natural gas (LNG) project off the coast of the east Continue Reading
East Africa: Work On Tanzania-Uganda Pipeline Starts
The work towards the construction of a crude oil pipeline between Uganda and Tanzania is officially on, with project the developers inviting reputable contractors to undertake a social and resettlement Continue Reading
Tanzania: Experts Poised for Study On Sh64 Trillion Gas Processing Plant
Dar es Salaam — The government is expected to start an environmental impact assessment (EIA) at the end of this month on land where a $30 billion (Sh64.4 trillion) liquefied Continue Reading
Tanzania: Helium ‘Could Earn Tanzania U.S$3.5 Billion’
Some independent analysts say the recently discovered helium gas in Lake Rukwa could be worth $3.5 billion. The analysts from Global Risk Insights, however, say the discovery of 54.2 billion Continue Reading
World’s Helium Problem May Have Just Gotten Solved
Helium Spring There’s a global helium shortage. It’s not among the widely publicized problems of the world, but there is undoubtedly a helium deficit – the noble gas that most Continue Reading
Tanzania, Uganda $4 Billion Oil-Pipeline Timetable Slips
The Ugandan and Tanzanian governments are trying to fast-track a $4 billion oil pipeline that would connect landlocked Uganda to foreign markets even though construction won’t start in August as Continue Reading
Tanzania Has Huge Gas Deposits – Mwijage
With over 57 trillion cubic feet of gas, the government has boasted of a huge capacity that can accommodate serious investors in petrochemical manufacturing. Industry, Trade and Investment Minister Charles Continue Reading
Uganda: Oil Route – Uganda Chooses Tanzania
The oil pipeline route puzzle has been solved, with Uganda choosing to export her crude oil to the East African coast through Tanzania and not Kenya, The Observer can reveal. Continue Reading
Tanzania: Dar es Salaam, Uganda Pipeline Deal Seen
Tanzania is highly optimistic of striking an agreement with Uganda over construction of the 1,410-kilometre crude oil pipeline from Hoima, given the former’s competitive advantage. It is against this backdrop Continue Reading
Total to Begin Ugandan Pipeline Construction Soon, Tanzania Says
Total SA has funds to build a pipeline linking oil fields in landlocked Uganda with a port on Tanzania’s Indian Ocean coast, the Tanzanian government said, after its president met Continue Reading
Tanzania: Huge Pipeline Project to Create 10,000 Jobs
Construction of a $4 billion (about Sh8.7 trillion) crude oil pipeline from Lake Albert-Kabaale in Uganda to Tanga Port will commence in August this year, Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) Continue Reading
Tanzania Says Uganda Agrees to Run Oil Pipeline to Its Coast
The leaders of Uganda and Tanzania agreed at a private meeting on Tuesday to build a crude pipeline across their countries, connecting landlocked oilfields to the Indian Ocean, the Tanzanian Continue Reading
As hydropower dries up, Tanzania moves toward fossil fuels
As drought continues to cripple its hydropower plants, Tanzania is struggling to produce enough electricity – and is moving toward using more fossil fuels to make up the shortfall. Hydropower Continue Reading
Statoil finds more gas offshore Tanzania
Norway’s Statoil announced new gas discovery offshore Tanzania. The company said it will catch its breath now to peruse next steps. File Photo by UPI/Shutterstock/James Jones Jr. STAVANGER, Norway, March 30 (UPI) — Tanzania may be ripe for future offshore natural gas development, though time is needed for appraisal after the latest find, Norway’s Statoil said Monday. Statoil announced the discovery of roughly 1 trillion and 1.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the Mdalasini-1 well off the Tanzanian coast. Marking the end of the first phase of operations there, the company said its eight discoveries to date combine for approximately 22 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves. Nick Maden, a regional vice president for the company, said in a statement the company views Tanzania as a high prospect gas opportunity, "but there will be a pause in the drilling to evaluate the next steps and to mature […]
Statoil finds more gas offshore Tanzania
Statoil announced gas find in Tanzania, one of East Africa’s emerging producers. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian STAVANGER, Norway, Oct. 14 (UPI) — A new natural gas discovery offshore Tanzania puts the total amount of reserves there at 21 trillion cubic feet, Norwegian energy company Statoil said Tuesday. Statoil and its joint venture partner, Exxon Mobil, announced the discovery of about 1.2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in place at the Giligiliani-1 exploration well offshore Tanzania. The new discovery pushes the total of in-place gas reserves above the 20 trillion cubic feet mark. Nick Maden, regional exploration director for Statoil, said the discovery opens up additional drilling opportunities off the Tanzanian coast. In June, Statoil unveiled a discovery of about 3 trillion cubic feet of natural gas off the coast of Tanzania in the Piri prospect. With the latest find, the Norwegian company said it would move its Discoverer Americas drill […]
Tanzania positioned as LNG hub, BG Group says
BG Group said a test from an appraisal well at the Mzia discovery off the coast of Tanzania yielded a sustained gas flow rate of 101 million cubic feet per day. A similar well last year flowed at 57 million cubic feet per day. BG Group Chief Operating Officer Sami Iskandre said the results are a "critical factor as we progress design of the upstream production facilities and infrastructure" tied to liquefied natural gas development. Last year, energy consultant group Wood Mackenzie published a report saying Tanzania was a part of a growing number of emerging producers in East Africa. The report said output from Tanzania could help regional production increase from the current rate of 500,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day to 1.5 million barrels of oil equivalent. BG Group said test results from offshore developments "provided further support for a hub development to supply a potential […]
Tanzania’s Natural Gas Outlook is Promising, Says IMF
A BG survey vessel gathering data off the coast of Tanzania. CGG Tanzania has a good chance of becoming a major producer and exporter of natural gas over the next decade, said the International Monetary Fund. Significant offshore discoveries have been made over the last two-to-three years and further exploration is underway, the fund said in its recent country report for Tanzania. “Although gas resources haven’t yet been declared commercially viable, estimates of discoveries indicate recoverable offshore gas resources of at least 24 trillion-26 trillion cubic feet, potentially sufficient for a four-train Liquid Natural Gas plant (possibly as a common facility for several upstream gas fields),” it said. “A final investment decision is expected at the earliest in 2016 or 2017.” Total investment during the development phase could amount to $20 billion-$40 billion, depending on the scale of the project. This would be the largest investment ever […]
Statoil, ExxonMobil make another gas discovery offshore Tanzania
Statoil ASA and coventurer ExxonMobil Corp. have made what the companies are calling a “high-impact” gas discovery in the Piri prospect offshore Tanzania, marking the sixth discovery on Block 2 by the firms ( OGJ Online, Dec. 6, 2013 ). Piri-1, drilled by the Discoverer Americas drillship, is 2 km southwest of the Lavani-1 well in 2,360 m of water. Discoverer Americas is now drilling the Binzari prospect on Block 2. The discovery was made in the same Lower Cretaceous sandstones as the gas discovery in the Zafarani-1 well drilled in 2012 ( OGJ Online, Dec. 22, 2012 ). Statoil says discovery of an additional 2-3 tcf of gas in place in the Piri-1 well brings to 20 tcf the total of in-place volumes on the block. Additional prospectivity has been mapped and will be tested throughout this year and next, Statoil said, adding that the company expects […]
BG Group says Tanzania emerging as natural gas powerhouse
British energy company BG Group said Tuesday it estimated there are 15 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in its reserve basins off the Tanzanian coast. The company said Tuesday its latest discovery, dubbed Mzia, off the southern Tanzania coast holds an estimated 4.7 trillion cubic feet of total recoverable natural gas. The company said that brings its total estimate for reserves spread out over three areas to around 15 trillion cubic feet. BG Group Chief Executive Officer Chris Finlayson said he expected the Tanzanian government to lay out eventual plans to build an export terminal for the country’s natural gas resources. Export plans with its partners at British energy company Ophir Energy and Norway’s Statoil call for deliveries of liquefied natural gas. Statoil last week announced it discovered more than 2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas at its Mronge-1 reserve area off […]