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.
Kama kuna 7 trillion gas reserves basi Tanzania itakuwa imeizidi Qatar kwa upatikanaji wa gesi na kuifanya Tanzania iwe nchi tajiri duniani (ikiwa viongozi wetu wako makini). Kama ni 1 billion barrell Tanzania itakuwa nyuma ya Nigeria kama mafuta yatapatikana only Block 7, sijajua block zengine mafuta yako kwa kiwango gani, na Ziwa Tanganyika na Nyasa, Vile vile mto Ruvuma na Zanzibar na Pemba.
Angalizo kwa viongozi wetu mafuta is a blessing or curse na tofauti yake na dhahabu na uranium ni kwamba demand for oil is instantly kama hawakuwa makini na wenye tamaa Tanzania itapoteza amani yake kama Libya na Nigeria. Hivyo ni kuomba mungu atupe hekima na uadilifu.