Entries by Hussein Boffu

Aminex Hits Gas at Tanzania Well

    focused oil and gas exploration and production company Aminex plc revealed Monday that the Ntorya-2 appraisal well in Tanzania has encountered a gross gas bearing reservoir unit of approximately 167 feet. Preparations are currently underway for a comprehensive well testing program and the company expects to have results of the flow-testing and ongoing […]

Why it’s important for Oil companies to do reservoir modelling and simulation? PART 2

  By RENATUS MAHUYU Msc Oil and NaturalGas Engineering China UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES-WUHAN CHINA. raymahuyu@yahoo.com Phone number /WhatsApp: +8613006172786 www.renatusmahuyu.blogspot.com   From our previous article, we discussed about how geologists go about when finding oil and gas in the exploration stage. Read: Why It’s Important For Oil Companies To do Reservoir Modeling and Simulation( Part1) In […]

Oi and Gas Job Opportunity In Tanzania

  We need a Slickline Supervisor during about 10 days in March/April That will work with our client, exploration and production company in Mtwara Tanzania. The job will consist in supervising a service company team doing slickline jobs on our wells to retrieve pressure gauges.   Requirements: – Higher technical education; – Wide knowledge of […]

Tanzania Received Gas Proceeds Worth $ 54.9 Millions In 2014/15

    The latest annual report from the auditor general on the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation shows that the state agency received or was owed natural gas worth $54.9 million (Tsh132.6 billion) from. The amount if broken down into proceeds from gas sales by Pan Africa Energy ($31.3 million),(SongoSongo gas field) Songas Tanzania Limited ($23.6 […]

Shell Unlucky In Tanzania’s Block 1 and 4 Offshore Drilling

Block 1 and 4 operator shell failed to encounter any hydrocarbons at the Kitatange-1 well in Block 1 and Bunju-1 well in Block 4 both in Tanzania. According to Shell, after evaluation the operator confirmed that good quality reservoir was encountered in both wells. The Noble Globetrotter 2 rig which has been drilling the wells […]

Swala Energy Exist Kenya’s Block 12B

    It has been  confirm that joint venture partner in Kenya’s block 12B Australia’s Swala Energy has exited from the license as earlier reported. According to communication from Tullow Oil the JV partner exited in October 2016 leaving the operator with 100 percent equity. “In line with the Joint Operating Agreement (JOA), Tullow Oil […]

Why It’s Important For Oil Companies To do Reservoir Modeling and Simulation( Part1)

By RENATUS MAHUYU Msc Oil and Gas Engineering Specialized on Reservoir MODELLING AND SIMULATION China UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES-WUHAN CHINA. raymahuyu@yahoo.com Phone number /WhatsApp: +8613006172786 Different questions I have been asked by different people about how do oil companies find gas or oil underground? How do they know if its economical or not? How much is […]