Joint Venture Opportunities Relating To Tanzania Oil And Gas Equipment And Services

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Natural gas has been produced in Tanzania for local consumption since 2004. The first and most productive gas field has been discovered during the past 32 years.

Abundant natural gas deposits are found in many areas of Tanzania. Total recoverable gas is estimated at 57 trillion cubic feet and much of that has been used to generate electricity.

This article provides insight on the most demanded oil and gas equipment and services in the different segment of the oil and gas segments. This include everything from discovering, developing to the extraction gas in Tanzania.

 

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1.Exploration Equipment and Services
Oil and gas exploration consists of two major activities: seismic surveys which are undertaken to identify potential reservoir areas and exploration drilling to establish whether these areas actually contain oil or gas. Equipment and services required in the exploration phase are:

  • Drill bits
  • Fuel and lubricants
  • Foodstuffs
  • Freight transport
  • Dynamite and caps
  • Supplies
  • Expediting services
  • Transportation (misc.)
  • Communication
  • Parts and repair services
  • Recording paper
  • Magnetic tapes
  • Lathe and flagging
  • Provision of geophysical data acquisition services- These include the supply of equipment and personnel with experience in working in most difficult terrain.

2.Drilling And Service Equipment

During the drilling phase the following services are essentials:

  • Drilling Rigs
  • Camp catering
  • Drill bits
  • Cementing is one of the most important functions performed
    by qualified well service companies. Design, product
    blending, equipment operation, field personnel, and timing;
    all are required to place quality cement products downhole
  • Testing .Testing of new products, coupled with product improvement,
    are of paramount importance in laboratories. The deeper,
    hotter wells now being drilled, require strict quality control
    standards and improved procedures to cement at high
    temperatures and pressures.
  • Drilling fluid
  • Downhole tools and rental
  • Support equipment
  • Communication, fuel.

3.Production Equipment And Services
Production phase entails several new activities. These include well completions, field facilities and oil and gas pipeline.
To bring well into production a number of additional operation must

To bring a well into production, a number of additional operations must be carried
out after the case hole is drilled. These operations are listed below:

  • Installation of production tubing and packers
  • Perforation of the production casing and tubing
  • Chemical or physical stimulation of the producing formation
  • Installation of pumping and wellhead equipment (downhole pump, sucker rods,
    pumpjack, motor, and valves)
  • Well completion operations are almost always carried out by a service rig which is
    smaller and less expensive than a drilling rig. A typical well completion needs-profile
    follows:
  • Road and site preparation
  • Rig and miscellaneous transport
  • Logging (open hole 8c cased)
  • Cementing and cementing services
  • Casing and attachments
  • Tubing and attachments
  • Wellhead
  • Other equipment and services
  • Engineering supervision Sc administration
  • Service Rig
  • Stimulating 8c perforating
  • Pumping equipment

Dear reader,  I hope this help, see you next time.

Ideal Employer Survey: The Top 10 National Oil Companies

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As the term implies, a national oil company (NOC) is an organization somehow linked to a country’s government. Unlike a multinational or international oil company (IOC) whose shareholders hail from the private sector, a government partially or fully owns a NOC.

The profit motive does matter to NOCs, but these entities’ ties to the public sector also dictate that they achieve other goals. For instance, some NOCs function as extensions of governments to provide jobs, fund social programs and subsidize citizens’ energy costs. Other NOCs, though not official units of their host governments, count governments as well as private investors as shareholders. Such enterprises attempt to create value for shareholders and support other, national objectives advocated by political elites. NOCs with varying ownership structures and missions can be found in Rigzone’s 2018 Ideal Employer Survey.

Which NOCs enjoy the highest esteem among oil and gas professionals? Participants in Rigzone’s survey – 6,621 respondents from 2,990 different companies in more than 100 countries – have determined which NOCs would be best to work for. Individuals completing the survey, which Rigzone conducted from June to November 2017, responded to a variety of questions given current market conditions.

What follows is a countdown of the top 10 highest-scoring NOCs. Note that all figures reflect the most recent publicly available information that Rigzone was able to obtain from sources such as company websites and annual reports.

10. Gazprom
Established in 1993, Russian Joint Stock Company Gazprom reports that it produces 11 percent of the world’s gas output. At the end of 2016, owners of the Moscow-based company included:

Federal Agency for State Property Management, Russian Federation (38.37 percent)
Rosneftegaz (10.97 percent)*
Rosgazifikatsiya (0.89 percent)*
American Depository Receipt (ADR) holders (28.86 percent)
Others (22.91 percent)
*Controlled by Russia’s government

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The chief executive of 467,400-employee Gazprom is Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Management Committee. As of 2016, Gazprom’s reserves (proven and probable) included 23,855.1 billion cubic meters (Bcm) of natural gas, 1,018.9 million tons of gas condensate and 1,378.7 million tons of oil. In the same year, the company produced 419.1 Bcm of natural and associated gas, 15.9 million tons of gas condensate and 39.3 million tons of oil.

9. Ecopetrol
Known for its green iguana mascot, Bogota-based Empresa Colombiana de Petroleos (Ecopetrol S.A.) is Colombia’s NOC. More than 88-percent owned by the Colombian government, Ecopetrol also counts pension funds and other investors as shareholders. CEO Felipe Bayón Pardo leads the approximately 8,700-employee-strong company, which was established in 1951.

In 2017, Ecopetrol boasted proven hydrocarbon reserves of 1.66 billion barrels-equivalent and average production of 715,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day. During the same period, the company processed 346,000 barrels (bbl) of crude oil per day at its refineries in Cartagena and Barrancabermeja. Outside of Colombia, the company holds offshore exploratory acreage in Mexico and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

8. Kuwait Oil Co.
One of two Kuwait Petroleum Corp. subsidiaries to make Rigzone’s list of top NOCs, Kuwait Oil Co. (KOC) traces its origins to 1934 and focuses on exploration, drilling and production of oil and natural gas within Kuwait. Moreover, state-owned KOC’s activities include storing crude oil and delivering it to tanker vessels for export.

Led by CEO Jamal Abdul Aziz Jaafar, KOC produced an average of nearly 2.9 million barrels of crude oil per day and more than 1.7 million standard cubic feet per day (MMscfd) of associated and non-associated gas in 2015-2016. In addition, the company has set a goal of increasing its crude production capacity to 3.65 million barrels per day (MMbpd) by 2020.

Headquartered in the city of Al-Ahmadi, KOC reported a total employee headcount of 9,818 at the end of the 2015/2016 fiscal year.

7. Petroleum Development Oman
Formed in 1937, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) employs just under 8,800 individuals. Led by Managing Director Raoul Restucci, the Muscat-based NOC is 60-percent owned by Oman’s government. Other PDO owners include Shell (34 percent), Total (4 percent) and Partex (2 percent).

PDO in 2016 reported production of 600,000 bpd crude oil, 81,000 bpd condensate, and 80 million cubic meters per day of natural gas. In addition to sourcing energy from the ground, PDO is also relying on a resource from above. The company’s Miraah solar energy venture with GlassPoint Solar will produce steam for thermal enhanced oil recovery, according to PDO.

6. China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC)

China’s largest offshore oil and gas producer, CNOOC also operates in more than 40 countries and regions. The Beijing-based NOC, established in 1982 and headed by CEO Yang Hua, had 106,000 employees at the end of 2016. That year, it reported 76.97 million tons crude oil production, 24.5 Bcm of natural gas production and 51.2 million tons of refining capacity. The People’s Republic of China’s Assets Supervision and Administration Commission operates state-owned CNOOC.

5. Qatar Petroleum

Qatar occupies an area smaller than Connecticut. Thanks in part to Qatar Petroleum (QP), however, the tiny Arabian Peninsula country’s impact on the global oil and gas industry could be called “Texas-sized.” Formed in 1974, the Doha-based NOC produces oil and gas from onshore and offshore acreage. Most noteworthy is QP’s North Field in the Persian Gulf.

Boasting 900 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas, North is the world’s largest non-associated gas reservoir, according to QP. The company, led by CEO Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, exports much of its North production as liquefied natural gas (LNG) through its Qatargas subsidiary. In fact, Qatargas is the world’s top LNG producer and – as the International Gas Union observes – Qatar exports more LNG than any other country.

4. Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC)

Already a significant downstream player with 922,000 bpd of refining capacity, ADNOC wants to elevate its downstream profile. The state-owned company, established in 1971, has adopted a downstream growth strategy that aims to create the world’s largest integrated refining and chemicals site at Ruwais, UAE by 2025.

To be sure, the downstream is not ADNOC’s sole focus. The company produces approximately 3 MMbpdand more than 9.8 billion cubic feet of raw gas per day. In all, the NOC’s holdings encompass 18 different companies and subsidiaries. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber serves as ADNOC’s chief executive.

3. Kuwait National Petroleum Corp. (KNPC)

The domestic downstream unit of state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp. (KPC), KNPC garnered the number four ranking in Rigzone’s breakdown of Ideal NOC employers. Headquartered in Al-Ahmadi south of Kuwait City, KNPC can process up to 936,000 bbl of crude oil per day at three refineries.

The 58-year-old company, headed by CEO Mohammad Ghazi Al-Mutairi, also runs a four-train LNG plant at its Mina Al-Ahmadi (MAA) refinery that can produce approximately 2.5 billion standard cubic feet per day (scfpd) of LNG. KNPC is adding a fifth train at MAA that will raise liquefaction capacity to nearly 3.3 billion scfpd.

2. Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS)

Headquarters of Malaysia’s integrated oil and gas company Petronas, the twin Petronas Towers, leave a distinctive mark on Kuala Lumpur’s skyline. Petronas also is making a growing impression on the oil and gas industry, both in Malaysia and abroad.

Established in 1974 and present in more than 60 countries, Petronas in 2016 reported daily production of nearly 2.4 million boe. Currently able to process 570,000 bpd of crude oil at refineries in Malaysia and South Africa, Petronas aims to add 300,000 bpd of new capacity by 2020 through its Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project on Johor Island. The company also is a major player in Asia’s LNG sector, having deployed noteworthy projects such as the PETRONAS LNG Complex in Malaysia’s Sarawak state and the floating LNG facility PFLNG Satu in the South China Sea. In addition, Petronas is developing its second floating LNG vessel: PFLNG Dua.

Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin serves as Petronas’ CEO.

1. Saudi Aramco

Topping the list of NOCs in Rigzone’s Ideal Employer Survey ranking for the second consecutive year is Saudi Arabian Oil Co., better known as Saudi Aramco. Established in 1933 and fully owned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Saudi Aramco reported the following production figures in 2016:

  • 10.5 MMbpd of crude oil
  • 8.3 billion scfpd of sales natural gas
  • 920 million scfpd of ethane
  • 1.4 MMbpd natural gas liquids

During the same period, Saudi Aramco reported reserves of 260.8 billion barrels of crude oil and condensate and 298.7 trillion standard cubic feet of natural gas. Also, its total share of refining capacity at domestic and international facilities amounted to 3.1 MMbpd in 2016.

CEO Amin H. Nasser is leading Saudi Aramco at a time when the KSA is trying to open state-owned enterprises to private investors. Along those lines, the Kingdom is seeking to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of a minority of Saudi Aramco’s shares to investors to raise capital for growth projects. At this writing, when the approximately 65,000-employee company’s IPO will occur is uncertain.

 

 

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Tanzania Plan Pre FEED On LNG Project

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Tanzania plans to spend $2.6mn (6bn Tanzania shillings) in the 2018/19 financial year, ending next March, on conducting a pre-front end engineering design (pre-FEED) for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant and compensating 450 project-affected people, according to national budget plans released last week.

Five international gas companies are working on building a $30bn onshore liquefaction and export terminal at Lindi on Tanzania’s south coast near an offshore zone where 57 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas has been found, mostly offshore. A Shell-led partnership including Singapore’s Pavilion and UK firm Ophir Energy has some 16 trillion ft³ of offshore reserves while another, led by Norway’s Equinor (previously Statoil) and US supermajor ExxonMobil, have found another 23 trillion ft³ offshore. Progress on developing both has been slow since negotiations started in 2014 partly because of government’s insistance on high revenue and its tough legal framework.

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Presenting the budget in parliament on May 24, energy minister Medard Kalemani said: “So far the evaluation of the project and selection of concept on production and transportation of gas from the deep sea to the mainland have been completed. We are now continuing with discussions on the Host Government Agreement (HGA). The actual project will start after completion of the discussions.”

This follows the placement of an advertisement on April 12, by the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC), the government’s lead agency in the negotiations with the gas firms, for a transaction advisor for the giant onshore project. However London-based consultancy BMI forecasts that neither the Shell nor Equinor developments are likely to start exporting before 2027.

Days after the LNG tender closed, TPDC acting managing director Kapuulya Musomba told the local media on May 7 that 64 Tanzanian and foreign companies had responded to it.

In January 2016 TPDC secured the title deed for some 2,071 hectares of a former sisal farm at Likong’o where the giant liquefaction and export terminal will be located, which both Shell and Equinor projects are expected to use; an additional 17,000 hectares of land around the site has been set aside for an industrial park.

China State Owned CNOOC Sees Likely Start of Uganda Oil Field in 2021

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The state owned  Chinese oil company developing Uganda’s crude finds with Total SA and Tullow Oil Plc, said production at its Kingfisher field will probably start in 2021.

Cnooc is likely to bring Kingfisher on stream three years after making a final investment decision, expected later in 2018, according to Likun Kuang, finance manager at Cnooc Uganda Ltd. The field is one of several in the Albertine Graben, an area estimated to hold 6.5 billion barrels of oil, where the government is targeting first production in 2020.

 

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Three years is a “reasonable” period to get the Kingfisher development ready, Kuang said in an interview late Wednesday in the western town of Hoima. Cnooc plans to pump 40,000 barrels of crude a day from the field, feeding a planned 60,000-barrel-a-day refinery as well as an export pipeline to the Tanzanian port of Tanga.

Cnooc is developing Kingfisher on behalf of its partners, France’s Total and London-based Tullow. Total is taking the lead at Tilenga, which will have a capacity of 190,000 barrels a day.

To contact the reporter on this story: Fred Ojambo in Kampala at fojambo@bloomberg.net. To contact the editors responsible for this story: James Herron at jherron9@bloomberg.net Amanda Jordan, Dylan Griffiths.

7 + Lucrative Businesses That Oil and Gas Companies Do In Tanzania And East Africa

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Are you want to understand the business of oil and gas industry?

The article provides insight on 10 lucrative businesses that oil and gas companies do in Tanzania

1.Producing oil and gas.
This business involves identifying oil or natural gas, develop and extract the resources and extract. Companies involved in this business often called exploration and production companies.

Also, they are called oil and gas producers. This business provides high return and high risk as well.
It is can be risky to drill a well to a place where nobody has drilled before. But there less risk if oil companies drill the location where has proven record of oil and gas deposits. If you strike crude oil or natural gas you make the huge profit. But if you find no oil or natural gas, you lose the money.

Products and Services.The main products in this business are natural gas and oil

The well is estimated to produce oil or natural gas for 20 to 60 years. This means find oil and gas you will be receiving a percentage of income from the sales of natural gas over 20 years.

To venture into this business companies should lease a land from the host government or landowner.

In this business, an oil company with an excess of sufficient capital, have the advantage to purchase or lease equipment than those who are not.

A hole with no oil and gas is known as a dry hole. A company that continues to produce oil and gas from the existing well and knows where to drill productive well make a huge profit.

In this business, companies generate income through the sales of oil and natural gas to the utility companies, factories, and fertilizer plants

The huge demand for natural gas in Tanzania is supported by increasing industrialization and the power demand.
‘Each exploration and production companies has its own methods of identifying and extracting oil and natural gas. The competitive advantages for the companies in this business depend on the ability to do the best job and extract oil or natural gas safely and with less environment impacts.

The major companies involved in the business of producing oil and natural gas include:

  • The US-based Apache, ConocoPhillips, and Exxon Mobil
  • The London based BP and Lukoil
  • Russia based Tatneft
  • Brazil state owned PETRONAS
  • Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands

Saudi Aramco in Saudi Arabia

The major companies involved in discovering and producing gas include
Shell partnered London-based Ophir energy and Singapore-based Pavilion energy, operates block 1 and block 4 offshore Tanzania and has discovered about 17 trillion cubic feet of gas in both blocks.
Meanwhile, the Norway-based firm partnered with Exxon Mobil has found 22 trillion cubic feet of natural gas solely in block 2 offshore Tanzania.
Shell, Statoil and their joint venture upstream partner plant to build $30billion Liquefied natural gas plant to cool and export gas to the international market.

Also here are the companies that produced gas on land and selling to the local market
Songo Songo field has been operated by Canada- based orca exploration under its subsidiary Mauritius –based firm Pan African energy started produced gas in 2004.
Mnazi Bay field started producing gas in 2015 operated by Pertamina-owned Maurel & Prom partnered with Alberta-based Wentworth Resources and the state-owned oil company Tanzaniapetroleum development corporation have a stake in the field.
Also, Kiliwani North field started in 2016 operated by Uk-independent oil and gas exploration firm, partnered with Abu Dhabi-based RAK Ga

2. Oil and Gas Drilling
Companies in this business they drill oil or natural gas and get it out of the ground.
Oil and gas drilling companies are contracted by oil and oil and gas producers to help them drilling the oil and gas wells.

Major companies include Atwood Oceanics, Helmerich & Payne, Nabors Industries, Patterson-UTI Drilling, and Transocean (all based in the US), as well as Ensco plc (UK) and Ensign Energy Services (Canada).

Drilling companies that have been contracted to help gas producers in Tanzania are:

  • Ocean Rig Poseidon
  • The Noble Globetrotter 2 rig
  • Caroil rig

3.Oil and Gas Servicing
The roles for the organizations in this sector is to assist companies the development and extraction of oil and natural gas.

Drilling companies contract service companies to help them make the process of extracting oil and gas into fruition.

Big compaies in this business include:
Baker Hughes,
China Oilfield Services, Halliburton,
Nabors Industries, National Oilwell Varco, Saipem, Schlumberger, Transocean, and Weatherford International.

The companies that have been operating in Tanzania are Baker Hughes, Schlumberger, Weatherford International. Halliburton,

Product and Services: Companies in this business provide numerous service to the drilling companies include

Oil and gas service companies design pipes, they provide most of the engineering and technical work range from construction, electrical to mechanical work and supply of equipment. Large companies they help drilling companies in the jobs such as cementing, logging and testing. They also manufacture equipment used in oil and gas

. Small companies can profit in this business by specializing in the specific services such as maintenance services or welding and fabrication and gain experience in their local market and expanding in the new geographic region when companies have huge local experience.

 

Now , you have seen three types of businesses done by oil and gas companies
The first is discovering and producing oil and gas. Second is drilling for oil and gas business and the third is service business that assists drilling companies.

To have a clear understating of this three businesses, let take an oil company named Shell as an example.

Shell is in the business of discovering, developing and producing oil and gas resources.

The government via the ministry of energy award the Shell a license to drill a natural gas in Area 1 under the sea, In Mtwara region.
But shell does not have a drilling rig (a facility used to drill a well). So Shell contracted a drilling company named The Noble Globetrotter 2 rig to help them in the drilling of natural gas.

Also, The Noble Globetrotter 2 rig hired oil and gas service company called Schlumberger to help the completion of the drilling operation and maintenance of the equipment.

Also, The Noble Globetrotter 2 rig may hire a local company to offer supportive services such as the supply of safety and personal protective equipment, such as boots, gloves, fire extinguisher, catering services, welding, and fabrication.

4.Manufacturing Oil and Gas Equipment
This involves companies that manufacture equipment, tools, and machines used in the development or during searching and extraction of oil and gas

Major companies include GE Oil & Gas, National Oilwell Varco, and Schlumberger (all based in the US), along with Shandong Kerui Petroleum Equipment (China), Tesco (Canada), and Weatherford International (Switzerland).\

Major products include drill bits, drilling pipe, drilling motors, derricks, valves, portable rigs, well monitoring instruments, tubing, wellheads, blowout preventers, wireline systems, and oil and gas separators. Many companies also offer a line of oil and gas field services. Such services may include drilling, well completions, geological and drilling surveillance, and artificial lift services (pumps and other systems used to lift oil when a well no longer flows by itself).

5.Studies and Survey
These are companies involve in gathering and interpret and map and collect both surface and subsurface information. We call this geophysical data

Major players in this business in Tanzania are ION Geophysical, Geospace, Global geophysical service all based in the US
Demand for this business depends on the exploration activities. If there is a serious level of exploration activities in the country, the demand for this services become higher.

6.Petroleum and Petroleum Wholesaler Product
Companies in this industry store, transport, and distribute wholesale petroleum and petroleum products; some wholesalers also operate bulk storage facilities. Major companies in Tanzania include Total, Oryx, Puma energy Oilcom etc, Here is where there are potentials for the local entrepreneurs who business of transportation of oil and petroleum products, oil and gas retail shops etc.

7.Oil and Gas Pipeline Transportation And Storage Business

This involves companies that construct, operate and transport oil, natural gas and petroleum products from the oil fields to the powerplants or utilization points, or tank farms.Companies in this include (all based in the US); along with China National Petroleum, Enbridge (Canada), EON Ruhrgas (Germany), Korea Gas, TransCanada, and Transneft (Russia).

The market in this depends on economic activities and population growth.

8.Petrol station
A petrol station business involves three parts, selling fuel such as diesel, petrol, kerosene, lubricant oil/ engine oil. And also petrol station make an additional income doing side business related to petrol station like a car was mechanic workshop etc. Also, the other part of petrol station is offering a variety of products from Soda, waters, milk to snack food. If you are wondering why you should get into this line business, then the answers are simple,

Most people are unaware of how the petrol station business really function in Tanzania. When people see around the street petrol stations carrying a logo of oil company such as TOTAL.

They think the petrol stations are directly owned by Total. That is untrue. Total, Puma, Oil com and other oil companies own 2 to 3 percent of the petrol stations. Most of the petrol stations you see around street are owned by independent petrol station retailers who have licensed to represent a brand of oil companies like Total or Puma.

So here is how it works. An individual, build a petrol station from scratch. He installs all necessary equipment such as pumps and underground storage tanks. And run the station under the name or brand of oil companies such as TOTAL.

The Tank truck comes from Total to refill the station’s underground storage tanks. The driver makes a record of the amount of the fuel he has delivered. At each month the owner of the fuel station has to pay total for the fuel have sold to their customers. Set up petrol station may be easy but running it can be the little bit frustrating

 

Dear Readers , I hope this help.  See you next time.

Hussein.boffu@tanzaniapetroleum.com

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Respond To Public Concerns  About The Oil and Gas Sector In Tanzania and East Africa

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Oil and gas company activities can be very large undertakings in physical and economic terms. They may bring many benefits to host communities. They may also involve a range of impacts relating to health and safety, economic, social and/or environmental concerns.

This article provides insight into how the oil and gas companies operating in East Africa respond to most common public complaints relating to odours, public safety issues, smoke, noise, and spills.

Top Three Public Concerns Oil and Gas In Tanzania And East Africa

1.Flaring
Flare gas Is the unwanted gas burning to the atmosphere from the operations. And the process of releasing the flare gas is called Flaring. Flaring has become a primary public concern.

2.Spills
Oil and gas activities including transportation of oil and gas using the pipeline, road tankers, marine vessels, pose a risk of spills of oil and other materials that pollute water and contaminate soil. These spills harm animals, species, and livelihoods.

3.Animal Health
Oil and gas activities take place in remote areas where people depend on traditional livelihoods such as agriculture, hunting, and fishing. Prompt changes in the ecosystem may have a negative impact on animal health, and potentially contribute to poverty in local communities

Addressing Public Complaints.

To deal with these concern oil and gas companies may identify and contact those who may directly affect projects. They also notify people who own land affected by pipelines, oil and gas well or oil and gas facilities

Here is a consideration for oil and gas companies when dealing with public concern in Tanzania and East Africa.

People are involved in the decision-making process before project decisions are made or impact occurs. This usually during the planning stage of the project. As a result, people become aware of the disadvantages and benefit of the projects.

People are fully informed about the scope of the projects. Its benefit and impacts.

To control spills the government requires oil and gas facilities to be designed and operated to minimize spills and risk of contamination. When the spill occurs, oil companies clean them up quickly.

Host government, oil companies, communities and NGO’s must work together in open and honest manner through the life cycle of a project to ensure good relationship through the life of an oil and gas project and maximize the project benefits to the East African people.

By Hussein Boffu

Hussein. Boffu@tanzaniapetroleum.com

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Orca Exploration Extends Tanzanian Deal Deadline

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Canadian firm Orca Exploration Group said May 14 that it has agreed to an additional extension of the date, by which it will achieve key stages in the divestment of a 40% interest in its Tanzania gas production business to local firm Swala Oil & Gas for up to $130mn, from May 11 2018 to June 29 2018.

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It said there are no assurances given that one or more of the transactions will be completed then, or that they will be completed on the terms previously disclosed.The deal was first officially announced January 2  and involves the Songo Songo gas field, Tanzania’s first to enter production over a decade ago.  However in February the Tanzanian government intervened in the sale process, and targets for its completion have slipped since.  In April, Orca agreed to defer the key stages completion deadline until May 11 2018 (from March 28); this is now deferred until late June.

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Tanzania oil and gas sector Needs Oil and Gas, Too

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Oil and natural gas continue to be the cost-effective source of energy to electric power, industrial and residential sectors.

Beside from producing natural gas that used as cost-effective source of energy to electric power, industrial, commercial and residential sector, Tanzania’s oil and gas use oil and natural gas in its own operation.

Tanzania’s oil and  gas sector use a large amount of oil and natural gas in developing, extracting, processing and transporting oil and natural gas to the end users.

  Where Oil And Natural Gas Are Used?

1.Getting oil and natural gas out of the ground.
The first place oil and natural gas used is during extraction of oil and natural gas. In getting oil and natural gas out of the ground.

Much of the energy is used in the drilling operation. A drilling rig (Facility that used to drill oil and gas wells) must  have a power system. The power system is mainly  diesel-electric generator that is a source of power to the entire rig.

 

Also the increasing of enhanced oil recovery activities, heat is injected into the well, that reduces the viscosity of the well and pushes the oil and gas in the producing wells. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as miscible fluid is injected to the well to increase the amount of the oil and gas that can be extracted from the well.

2.Getting Oil and Natural gas to the Market
The huge amount of oil and natural gas are needed in delivering the oil, natural gas, and their products to the end users.

perhaps you have been seen are the large truck tanker that delivers oil products to the petrol stations around the town.
The truck tankers are diesel and petrol powered. Those diesel and petrol are the source of energy.
The pipeline also carry natural gas from the source and the storage tank s to the utilization point such as power plants, factories, homes, and offices.

 

Final Words

Tanzania’s oil and gas need more oil and gas  to help in its own operation such as discovering, developing, extraction , processing and transportation those resource to customers.

 

Hussein.Boffu@tanzaniapetroleum.com

+255655376543

How And Where To Find Keynote Speakers For Your Oil and Gas Events or Program In Tanzania and East Africa

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Finding the right speakers who can speak about the topic in the oil and gas sector can be frustrating in Tanzania.

This is because the industry is still new in the East African countries, so many people might lack professional knowledge on the different subjects in the oil and gas industry

If you are looking keynote speakers for your next event, conference or the special program of your company, and you want them to talk about the topics related to the oil and gas or energy sector, here are some tips will help you find the perfect speakers:

1.Budget. The first step in searching for the perfect speakers is to find out whether their fee is suiting your budget. Don’t hesitate to reach out to them, the best oil and gas speakers want to help, if you have a limited budget, reach out to them and figure out how they can make their fee affordable.

2.Look for speakers from previous oil and gas events. Once you have a budget in mind, you then find the previous oil and gas events and who spoke at the events. Once you find their names, you can start to reach out to them and book them for your next events.

3.Internet. The Internet is the best place to find oil and gas speakers in Tanzania and East Africa. Go to the LinkedIn look to what professionals publish on their walls, chances are you may find some who are knowledgeable about the oil and gas sector.

Some speakers have websites and youtube channels that show their expertise in the petroleum industry

 

4.Business associations.These are associations that link local businesses to the contracting opportunities in the oil and gas sector, such as Association of Tanzania oil and gas service providers, Tanzania chambers of commerce etc,

5.Government Agencies.Depending on the nature of your events but you can find the keynote speakers from the government institutions’ such as Energy, water utilities and regulatory authority (EWURA) and Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC)

When you pick the speakers for your oil and gas events make sure that, the speakers have a powerful message to share with your target audience.

 

Dear Readers  I would love to hear your thought on “How And Where To Find Keynote Speakers For Your Oil and Gas Events or Program In Tanzania and East Africa”

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How Oil And Gas Companies Manage Health and Safety Risk In Tanzania And East Africa.

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The oil and gas companies activities bring immense benefit to Tanzanians and the country as well.
They create jobs, government receive royalty and collect the tax. But they may also bring impacts relating to health and safety.
The fact is the upstream oil and gas activities are hazardous. Drilling projects, seismic, helicopter transfer to offshore, facilities operation, maintenance and construction activities may present enormous risks.

 

But the most common type of health and safety incidents occur at the workplace.

This article explains some ways companies producing gas in Tanzania mitigate health and safety risks at the workplace in offshore and onshore projects.

Also Read. “Addressing Skills Gap In The Upstream Oil and Gas In Tanzania

And ensure that they reduce the number of accidents that might cause severe injuries and illness to their employees and the contractors.

1. Investment in protective equipment.
In addressing the safety and health risks oil and gas companies ensure that all workers have right the personal protective equipment at the workplace. In doing so, employees are less likely to suffer injuries should such accident arise.

2.Invest in training.
It is no secret that many workers in the upstream oil and gas companies work a long shift. In this regards, workers may make many mistakes due to lack of attention and tiredness. As the oil and gas companies invest in health and safety training, they raise awareness among the employees.

Also, regular safety training program helps people to be aware of the risks and management may take a step to control injuries and illness.

Recommendation
Despite all these precautions being taken, health and safety risks are still occurring. To prevent the accidents from reoccurring, oil and gas companies needs to records all injuries and illness that are investigated and take steps to improve control to prevent them.

Dear Reader, I would love to hear your thought on “How Oil And Gas Companies Manage Health and Safety Risk In Tanzania And East Africa.”

 

Hussein.boffu@tanzaniapetroleum.com

+255655376543