Entries by Tanzania Petroleum

Orca contracts shallow-water rig for Songo Songo offshore Tanzania

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – Orca Exploration Group has started the first phase of the Songo Songo development program offshore Tanzania. This follows World Bank’s approval for International Finance Corp.’s (IFC) investment. Orca has entered into a drilling contract with Paragon Offshore for the use of its M826 mobile drilling workover rig and associated services […]

Schlumberger Introduces Depth Domain Inversion Services

Schlumberger petro-technical experts use the services to improve the reliability and consistency of seismic structural and quantitative interpretation in complex environments. “Conventional seismic inversion in the time domain introduces inconsistency between the seismic images and the rock properties, especially where there’s a significant overburden, such as subsalt,” said Maurice Nessim, president, Schlumberger PetroTechnical Services. “With […]

Opportunities in East Africa as region enters Production Development Phase

Four East Africa countries among them Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya are headed to the development phase as they draw closer to exploit their oil and natural gas reserves providing an opportunity for investors to dive in and benefit from the projects worth billions of dollars. According to George Wachira working with Petroleum Focus Consultants […]

Orca contracts shallow-water rig for Songo Songo offshore Tanzania

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – Orca Exploration Group has started the first phase of the Songo Songo development program offshore Tanzania. This follows World Bank’s approval for International Finance Corp.’s (IFC) investment. Orca has entered into a drilling contract with Paragon Offshore for the use of its M826 mobile drilling workover rig and associated services […]

THESE ARE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES

Industry activities include: 1.Exploration 2.Drilling 3.Field activities 4. Recovery – 3 stages (primary, secondary and enhanced oil recovery). The three stages of recovery may take 30 to 40 years to complete 5. Water disposal 6. Refining and marketing 7. Transportation 8. Expansion and contraction of plants, buildings and equipment 9. Preventive maintenance and safety 10. […]

TPDC waanza kutafiti gesi, mafuta Mkinga

SHIRIKA la Maendeleo ya Petrol nchini, TPDC limeanza utafiti wakijiolojia wa utafutaji mafuta na gesi katika vijiji vya Gombero mkoani Tanga. Kutokana na hilo shirika hilo limeanza kutekeleza mradi wa uchongaji wa mashimo mafupi,visima vifupi kumi kwa ajili ya shughuli hiyo ya utafiti. Mradi huo unafanywa na kumilikiwa TPDC kwa asilimia 100. Akizindua mradi huo […]