Entries by Tanzania Petroleum

East Africa getting cold feet on Uganda oil refinery

East African governments are dithering on funding the planned oil refinery in Hoima, Uganda, leaving the future of the multibillion-dollar project in doubt. However, the Ugandan government says it is ready to go ahead with implementation of the project without the participation of the other East African Community member states. Energy Minister Irene Muloni said […]

Swala Energy Complete Farm Out Of Tanzania’s Kilosa-Kilombero and Pangani Licences Interest to Tpl

    Swala Energy has announced that its subsidiary Swala Oil and Gas (Tanzania) Plc and Tata Petrodyne Limited (TPL) have finalised the outstanding terms of their farmout agreement for the Kilosa-Kilombero and Pangani licences in Tanzania. Following by the finalization the parties shall now proceed to payment of the reimbursable past costs of US$5.7 […]

Oil and gas export opportunities in Tanzania for UK companies

UKTI Tanzania’s revised report provides an overview of Tanzania’s oil and gas sector including supply chain opportunities from the proposed LNG project. UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) Tanzania has updated their 2014 report which examines the opportunities in the Tanzanian market. The report called ‘High Value Opportunity – Tanzania Oil and Gas’ offers a greater […]

Southern Africa oil & gas market 2015-2025

Upstream Exploration & Development and Midstream Infrastructure Spending in Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania & Madagascar Visiongain has calculated that the Southern African oil and gas market will see capex of $18.55bn in 2015, including spending on both upstream exploration & development (E&D) and midstream infrastructure. Southern Africa is the single largest region of […]

Aminex CEO: TPDC investment “great sign of support”

    Jay Bhattacherjee, chief executive of Aminex (LON:AEX), says the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation’s (TPDC) backing of the Kiliwani North as a great sign of support for the project. Speaking to Proactive, Bhattacherjee adds that TPDC’s decisions to take a 5% working interest in the project provides some assurance that a gas sales agreement […]