WATCH: Oil explorations & projects in Tanzania

The Problem is they signed a lot of licence giving to companies which when they discover GAS or OIL those companies are very small to start production so they have to sell the discoveries to bigger companies so the Tanzania Government ending receiving less royalties percentages
 
Tanzania's fourth deep offshore bidding round has been postponed to next year to allow it to offer new blocks discovered by a latest seismic survey, a state-run agency said on Tuesday.

The bidding round, which was initially scheduled for this month will now take place at a yet to be determined date next year, and include new blocks, the state-run Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) said in a statement.

Tanzania has made significant commercial discoveries of natural gas, but is yet to strike oil.

"The government … regrets to announce the postponement of the 4th deep offshore bidding round. The round was planned to be launched in April 2011.

"The round has been postponed to give more time for preparations. This will include proper demarcation of new blocks using additional new seismic data."

The government had intended to offer the bids for 13 deep offshore blocks located around 1,200 and 3,000 metres below sea, but the TPDC is now inviting bids for onshore exploration on the northern side of Lake Tanganyika, which Tanzania shares with three other African countries - Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zambia.

The deadline for submission of bids for the Tanzanian side of the Lake Tanganyika north area is June 7, 2011, at 07:00 GMT.

"We are still collecting more data from deep-sea areas that's why we had to postpone the fourth round," George Ngwale, TPDC's acting Director of Explorations, told Reuters.

"Several other licences held by some companies are also scheduled to be released after the expiry of their four-year terms so these will also be offered to bidders," he said.

"The new round will be offered in 2012. I can't specify the exact date and number of blocks to be offered because we are currently compiling data on the available exploration areas."

Prospectors are studying east Africa afresh as insecurity in other parts of the continent and increasing energy nationalism elsewhere push them to seek new sources.

Gas discoveries in Tanzania, and oil discoveries on the border between Uganda and Congo have peaked interest in the region, which had been largely overlooked.

Tanzania has licensed at least 17 international companies exploring for both offshore and onshore energy sources in the country, the region's second-largest economy.

Among the firms that hold exploration blocks in Tanzania are Oslo-listed Artumas Group Inc (AGI), France's Maurel & Prom, Norway's Statoil, Royal Dutch Shell and Ras al-Khaimah Gas Commission of United Arab Emirates.
 
UPDATE: Aminex, Tullow and Solo Oil to drill further well in Tanzania

1:25 pm by Andre Lamberti

The well is designated Ntorya-1 and will be drilled in the Ruvuma Basin Production Sharing Agreement area in Tanzania
UPDATE: Adds comments from broker Shore Capital

Aminex PLC (http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/overview/8673/aminex-8673.htmlLON:AEX) said the partners in the Ruvuma Basin Production Sharing Agreement in Tanzania plan to drill a further well in the southern part of the PSA, targeting the same high quality lower tertiary reservoir sands encountered in the Likonde-1 well.

The well is designated Ntorya-1 and will be drilled in the Mtwara Block. The partners are Tullow Oil (http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/overview/4512/tullow-oil-4512.htmlLON:TLW), which is operator with a 50 percent interest in the well, Aminex with 37.5 percent and Solo Oil (http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/overview/9059/solo-oil-9059.htmlLON:SOLO) with 12.5 percent.

The Tanzanian authorities have formally approved the drilling of Nyorya-1 and a rig has been secured. The spud date is likely to be September-October this year, Aminex said.

In 2010 the joint venture drilled the Likonde-1 well in the Lindi Block which forms the northern part of the Ruvuma PSA. Likonde-1 reached a total depth of 3,647 metres and intersected two sandstone intervals with a combined thickness of over 250 metres, containing evidence of residual oil and gas. Likonde-1 was terminated due to high gas influx.

Ntorya-1 well will be drilled about 14 kilometres to the south of Likonde-1, to a planned total depth of 2,020 metres. Seismic interpretation places the sands at Ntorya-1 structurally up-dip relative to Likonde-1.

Aminex estimates that the well has a probability of success for the discovery of hydrocarbons of approximately 20 percent, with a mean recoverable resource potential of 100 million barrels oil equivalent.

Aminex chairman Brian Hall said: "The Ruvuma basin is a significant frontier exploration area which has witnessed important discoveries offshore in the last two years, in neighbouring Mozambique and most recently with BG's discovery in a deep water licence directly adjoining the Ruvuma PSA.

"The Ruvuma PSA covers a large, mainly onshore area which has only been lightly explored to date and we welcome the approval of the Tanzanian authorities to the Ntorya-1 location which will enable an exciting drilling programme to continue."

In a note to clients, Shore Capital analyst Craig Howie looked ahead to Aminex' Tanzania drill programme, saying: "With a rig secured and spudding expected in September/October 2011, this well appears fully on track for drilling in line with the planned schedule.

"In the shorter term, we look forward to the imminent spudding of the Nyuni-2 exploration well in the Nyuni PSA, and anticipate a period of exciting drilling activity in coming months."

Meanwhile, Howie emphasised that he is also looking forward to the results of Solo's Ausable #5 well in Canada, which he expects later this month.
 
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Aminex said it has begun drilling the Nyuni-2 well – its fourth exploration well off the coast of Tanzania

Spudding commenced at midnight local time from a small island 30 kilometres off the mainland and to the south of the Rufiji Delta River.

Aminex and its partners are using the Caroil-6 land rig to target Neocomian sandstones which form the reservoirs in the nearby Songo-Songo gas field.

Nyuni-2 will be drilled at an angle of 29 degrees and a total vertical depth of 2,964 metres to target a location 1,200 metres from the island.
Of the four wells the group has drilled as operator, two have uncovered commercial quantities of gas.

Aminex holds a 65 per cent stake alongside RAK Gas with 25 per cent. Bounty oil and Key Petroleum each have 5 per cent.

A recent note from City broker Shore Capital said the company is fully funded for “very exciting period of drilling”.

The existing Kiliwani North gas discovery remains on track for commercialisation early in 2012.

Gas from the discovery is expected to be helpful in closing the existing gaps in energy supply in Tanzania.

Nyuni-2, meanwhile, is expected to reach total depth in August. The second well at Ruvuma, Ntorya-1, will start drilling in September or October, targeting both oil and gas.

Shore said that the next few months will be a “period of exciting drilling activity in Tanzania”.

SOURCE: Aminex begins drilling Nyuni-2 well in Tanzania - Proactiveinvestors (UK)
 

By KENNEDY SENELWA

Posted Sunday, July 10 2011 at 10:18

Jacka Resources Ltd of Australia is in talks with Tanzania over oil and gas exploration rights for the entire onshore Ruhuhu basin in the country's Southern region.

Negotiations for an 8,400 square-kilometre area are at an advanced stage and a deal is expected soon following an offer by Tanzania Petroleum and Development Corporation but subject to a production sharing agreement. Perth-based Jacka will hold 100 per cent equity.

"I am especially pleased to re-enter East Africa after a highly successful campaign several years ago with Hardman Resources which led to the initial exploration around Lake Albert in Uganda," Jacka's director Scott Spencer said.

The Lake Albert area now has over one billion barrels of proven oil while the Ruhuhu block in Tanzania is well positioned to provide access to the East African Rift system, where successful exploration campaigns are going on.

Tanzania is largely underexplored but the recent offshore discovery of natural gas by Ophir Energy has ignited interest from Shell, ExxonMobil, Total, Statoil, Petrobras and Tullow.

Mr Spencer said Tanzania is considered to have significant exploration potential within the offshore deepwater blocks and onshore East African Rift basins located in the central and western parts of the country.

"Ruhuhu basin is truncated to the west by the Lake Malawi (Nyasa) basin of the modern East African Rift. The Nyasa basin contains rich sediments similar to those of the Albertine Graben in Uganda where one billion barrels of oil have been proven since 2006," he said.

In October 2010, Ophir Energy struck natural gas in the Mafia basin, offshore Tanzania.

Pweza-1 well in block 4 in Mafia basin is owned by Ophir with 40 per cent equity while its joint venture partner BG International has 60 per cent stake. The well is about 85 kilometres from the coastline.

The BG Group received consent from Tanzania in May 2010 to farm-in to interests held by Ophir Energy as operator offshore blocks 1, 3 and 4 of Mafia deep offshore basin and northern portion of Ruvuma basin.

The partners interests in blocks 1, 3 and 4 offshore cover over 27,000 square kilometres of Mafia basin and northern portion of the Ruvuma Basin, in water depths ranging from 100 metres to more than 3,000 metres.

On April 13, Jacka Resources entered into an agreement with Pancontinental Oil and Gas NL of Australia where the two firms will co-operate in evaluating and applying for blocks in East Africa.

Mr Spencer said a number of priority areas with play types proven to be successful elsewhere in the rift had been identified by Pancontinental in its studies of the potential of the eastern arm of the East African Rift system.

"The two companies decided to pool their resources, experience and ability to access these opportunities with aim of initiating targeted work programme to unlock potential of this increasing attractive area," he said.

Pancontinental has interests in Kenya's onshore and offshore blocks L6 and L8 with Apache Corporation, Flow Energy, Origin Energy and Tullow Oil Plc as joint venture partners.


 
dah nchi hii ni tajiri mnooo iliyobarikiwa km sio kulaaniwa kuwa na viongozi walafi na goigoi
 
DOMINION PETROLEUM LIMITED

(“Dominion Petroleum” or “the Company”)

EXTENSION OF BLOCK 7, OFFSHORE TANZANIA

Dominion is pleased to announce that the company has just been granted a 1 year extension to the Initial Exploration Period for its deepwater Block 7 by the United Republic of Tanzania’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals.

The extension to the current period removes any obligation for the company to relinquish any portion of Block 7 until May of next year, providing Dominion with much more time to more fully evaluate the acreage before a mandatory 50% relinquishment at the close of the Initial Period.

Late last year, Dominion acquired a 3-D seismic survey on Block 7 and is presently processing these data in full while interpreting the “Fast Track” volume; the survey was initially focused on the Alpha prospect.

However, the “Fast Track” volume has led to the identification of numerous other prospects of similar scale to Alpha and final processing for the survey is likely to be completed in early May.

The company may acquire new 2D, or additional 3D, data this year in the block to mature some of the additional leads and prospects identified since last year’s competent persons report (CPR).

A competent persons report (CPR) prepared, in September 2010, by Energy Resource Consultants Ltd confirmed a mean prospective resource of 7Tcf of natural gas, or 1.1 billion barrels of oil, for the Alpha prospect alone. The 3D and recent drilling results in the area have positively impacted the prospectivity of Block 7 in a material way.

In granting the extension, the Ministry noted Dominion’s good working track record in Tanzania.

The additional time means that Dominion can continue to assess the whole of block, and possibly acquire more data, to better decide how to proceed toward drilling.

Andrew Cochran, Chief Executive of Dominion Petroleum, commented:

“We thank the Government of Tanzania for granting us this extension. It is a validation of the technical work we have done to date and reflects the huge scale in terms of prospectivity that Block 7 represents.

“The extension of the licence will allow us to better formulate plans on a drilling program for our deepwater East Africa portfolio in 2012. As the area becomes more and more competitive by the day our position becomes more and more strategic.”

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Andrew Cochran, Chief Executive Officer +44 (0) 20 7349 5900
Rob Shepherd, Finance Director
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Archie Berens
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The Citizen (Tanzania)

Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) - A recently concluded geological assessment in Tanzania's Southern offshore deep oil exploration project has shown prospective resource potentials of over a billion barrels of oil and gas.

An independent assessment of the first prospect of Dominion Petroleum Limited's block 7 in Tanzania shows a resource of one billion barrels of oil, or seven trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

According to Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC), Block 7 which is in Kilwa District, Lindi Region looks promising.

Information on the new discovery has also been published by the respected Wall Street Journal, quoting sources from within the exploration company.

The United Kingdom-based company said, in an update on its operations released yesterday, that the results on competent persons report (CPR) regarding the first prospect in Block 7, offshore deep-water has shown a prospective resource of one billion barrels of oil, or seven trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

The CPR was recently concluded by Energy Resource Consultants Limited (ERC). However, the consultants have placed a risk on the prospect, called "Alpha", with a 12 per cent Chance of Success (CoS).

Reached for comment yesterday, TPDC said that despite such positive developments, there was still a lot to be done before Tanzania could have actual oil flowing.

"We know them (Dominion Petroleum Limited). They have been here since March 2007...There will have to be a three Dimensional Seismic survey before we can talk of oil production," said TPDC's chief exploration geophysicist Stephen Kalwihura, promising to release further details later.

Dominion on its part says such a development was only the first prospect in the block and the CPR work undertaken on Alpha was intended to assist in planning a 1,000sq km Seismic survey which is projected to begin next month and will take approximately two months to acquire.

The company's CEO, Mr Andrew Cochran, said once the company is armed with the upcoming 3D seismic survey, it will carry out additional technical analyses and update the full prospect and lead inventory accordingly.

"Once completed, Dominion will initiate further work on the other prospects and leads already identified," he said.

Commenting on the development, Dominion chief executive officer Mr Cochran said: "This is an excellent start and demonstrates the 'world class' nature of Block 7 in terms of hydrocarbon potential. The Alpha prospect is not unique, nor even the largest so far identified, but simply the most robust prospect to guide our continued work in the area."

Dominion, which is listed in the London Stock Exchange, has raised over Sh65 billion through share sales, to finance its projects in Tanzania and Uganda.

Last February the company slashed its exposure to onshore assets in Tanzania by agreeing a provisional farm, in a deal with French oil and gas assets in Uganda and offshore Tanzania.

In March the company contracted a vessel to shoot a third generation drilling seismic on its wholly owned Offshore Deep Water Block in the south of the country. Work is expected to commence this June.

The LSE-listed company also expects to commence the drilling of the PSA Kianika-1 well onshore Tanzania this month, where road construction has already been complted. The well is targeting recoverable resources amounting to 77 million barrels of oil, equivalent to a structural closure.

On February 15, 2010, Dominion announced that it would reduce its interests to 10 per cent in the Mandawa and Kisangire PSAs, through a farm-out agreement with Maurel & Prom, which still remains subject to government approvals.

"With funds from our placing, all necessary services and equipment having been identified and now secured, we are kicking off our 2010 exploration programme," said the company.

This includes the first ever well in the Lake Edward Basin of Uganda, as well as a large scale 3D seismic shoot in the emerging East Africa deepwater play of Tanzania.

"We have spent much time and effort getting all in place and are now ready to get to work on the ground. The next few months will therefore be the most active period experienced by Dominion so far in its corporate history," said Andrew Cochran.

Dominion is engaged in the exploration and development of oil and gas projects, primarily in East and Central Africa. In Tanzania, the company has one offshore and three onshore production sharing agreements in respect of five exploration licenses covering a total area of approximately 12 million acres.

 Source: http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/news/4-national-news/2701-tanzanias-oil-prospects-get-even-brighter.html
 
Mungu wangu!!!

Sitaki tupate mafuta Tanzania mpaka tutakapopata tume huru ya uchaguzi itakayotupatia viongozi watakaochaguliwa na wananchi kwa maslahi ya wananchi na siyo maslahi YA Rostam, Chenge wala Ridhiwani.

Na kibaya zaidi NATO watakuja kutusaidia kuwaondoa mafisadi madarakani ili wabebe mafuta yetu.
 
Eebanae hii habari ni ya lini? mbona ni kama ilishapitwa na wakati vile....weka link basi!
 
Balaaaa linakuja. Mafuta yaishie huko huko Libya hapa mimi siyataki. Kutokana na utajiri wa mafuta ya Libya jana wakubwa walikaa katika mkutano wa Paris 2011 kugawana mafuta ya Libya baada ya kumtoa Kinjeketile wa Libya. (Berlin Conference ya Pili).

Dhahabu, almasi, urani, nickel, chuma, makaa ya mawe, gas, tanzanite, rubi na sasa mafuta haki anani tumekwisha. Najiaandaa kwenda Rwanda.
 
The future is bright for Tanzanian but nasikitika kutokana na udhalimu na rushwa iliyopo tutaingia kaburini kabla hatujafaidika na neema mungu aliyotujalia.

Mungu awape nini watanzania zaidi! Madini, maji ya mito na maziwa makubwa yapo kwetu, mafuta, gesi, ardhi yenye rutuba, ukanda mrefu wa bahari kwa ajili ya trade opennes etc.

Rasilimali zetu zimekua laana badala ya Neema.
 
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