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
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 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 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
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
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 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
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 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 […]
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 […]
