An additional onshore discovery of 2.17 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of possible natural gas
deposits has been made in Tanzania. This raises the nations estimated recoverable
natural gas reserves to more than 57 tcf.
The onshore reserves were found at a field licensed to the United Arab
Emirates' Dodsal Group located at Ruvu basin in Coast region, near the
country's commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, the local media reported.
The CEO of Dodsal Hydrocarbons and Power (Tanzania, Pilavulathill
Surendran stated."We have learnt that there are huge potentials of
hydrocarbons in Tanzania. We expect to have more gas discoveries in the near
future."
Most Tanzania’s gas discoveries have been made in deep-sea offshore
blocks south of the country near the site of a planned liquefied natural gas
(LNG) plant.
BG Group (which was acquired by Royal Dutch Shell) , in conjunction with
Statoil, Exxon Mobil and Ophir Energy plan to build the onshore LNG export terminal
in the southern Tanzanian town of Lindi in partnership with state-run Tanzania
Petroleum Development Corp (TPDC).
East Africa has become a new hotspot in hydrocarbon exploration after
substantial deposits of oil were found in Uganda and Kenya and major gas
reserves discovered in Tanzania and Mozambique.
Tanzania's energy and minerals ministry is expected to confirm the gas
discovery in the next few days, the Daily News reported.
Source: Reuters
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