Tanzania – A Gas Nation In Development.

It took a long time until the first gas was produced at Songo Songo field in Tanzania in 2004. Since then, several developments both onshore and on land have been made in Tanzania

In 2004, Canada- based orca exploration under its subsidiary Mauritius –based firm Pan African Energy started producing gas at Songo Songo field.

Also in 2015, Pertamina-owned Maurel & Prom partnered with Alberta-based Wentworth Resources, and the state-owned oil company Tanzaniapetroleum development corporation started to produce gas at the Mnazi Bay field.

Furthermore, Shell and its joint venture partners, London-based Ophir Energy and Sinagapore-based Pavilion Energy operate block one and Block 4 offshore Tanzania and have discovered about 17 trillion cubic feet of gas in both blocks.

Meanwhile, the Norway-based firm partnered with Exxon Mobil and found 22 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in block two offshore Tanzania.

The Development of Tanzania LNG.

In March, Tanzania’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals announced an agreement with Anglo-Dutch major Shell and Norway’s Equinor to develop a long-awaited LNG project in the south of the country.

The ministry said negotiations had reached a successful conclusion, and a Host Government Agreement is now being drafted, alongside a production-sharing contract covering the offshore acreage involved.

A final investment decision (FID) is expected in 2025, with the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase preceding FID.
Construction time will likely be five to six years, suggesting the large-scale project could come on-stream around 2030.