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How Much Do Tanzanians Know About Natural Gas

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How Much Do Tanzanians Know About Natural GAS (1)
Natural gas is a hot talking point in Tanzania. It is hardly now living in Tanzania for months without hearing any single announcement about natural gas. It affects Issues ranging from politics to energy.

There a lot of misinformation passed around about natural gas in Tanzania. So I wondered how Does general Tanzanians know about basic details concerning Natural gas?

Jobs and investment opportunities
As I am speaking with Tanzanians graduates, I often hear the same sadly statement “Where are the jobs in Tanzania oil and natural gas sector” Local entrepreneur too, they don’t aware on where to invest in Tanzania natural gas sector as the oil and gas industry is a complex industry.

All studies show that Tanzanians are optimistic about natural gas to create many jobs. However its seems people are misguided about the industry. Oil and natural gas industry are highly capital intensive industry and, therefore, don’t prefer to have many employees

Revenue generated from natural gas
When we talk about natural gas our mind sunk into how revenue that will be generated from natural gas would be distributed and utilized. However, we don’t think on steps required to be taken for natural gas production begin and time framework for production. Furthermore, Citizens misinterpret between natural gas discovery and commercially proven discovery.

Oil discovery
Although total natural gas finds in Tanzania is recently standing at 55.5 trillion cubic feet but the country has no recent oil discovery. There a lot of misinformation passed around about discovery of oil in the country.

Recent statistics results by U.S energy information administration indicate that Tanzania does not produce crude oil and consume 350,00 barrel  of refined crude oil product a day in 2013. And all were imported. However exploration is ongoing so crude oil discovery might be forthcoming.

To be called “oil and natural gas sector” it does not indicates the country producing crude oil but has to do with nature of the formation of oil and natural gas.

Oil and natural gas are related products, are found in tandem and the process of formation are relatively similar . For these reasons is  why it  called oil and natural gas industry.

Read:Top-5-crude-oil-items-that-make-every-Tanzanian-live-better

How much do you know about the Natural gas?

Lucky has struck Tanzanians, You live in the land with great wealth underground. The natural gas industry is growing fast than ever in the country. So You should know the natural gas properly so as to uncover hidden opportunities in the sector.

4 Ways to become An Unpopular Oil and Gas Professionals

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Are you really like to become popular oil and gas professional? Would you like to have successful career in oil and gas ?

Article explains 4 ways to become unpopular oil and gas professionals, keep each point I am going to share because the opposite of them is to become popular as well as successful in oil and gas industry
Let’s face them

Stop learning
I mean never read anything relating to oil and gas industry. Never read anything concerning your work. Feel yourself have completed all coursework to become oil and gas professional.

In order to continue to grow in oil and gas career you need to develop the habit of lifelong learning.

Oil and gas industry is ever changed field. Technology is changing all the time. Petroleum price too can dramatically change the entire trend of oil and gas companies.

Resolve yourself to read articles journals and other materials related to oil and gas industry in order to keep up with current oil and gas news.

The future of oil and gas careers belong to those who commit themselves to constantly upgrade their knowledge and skills. Lifelong learning is the mark of successful oil and gas professionals.

It helps them perform theirs daily task quickly and fast than others, as a result, more promotion, more opportunities and become respected person at their workplaces, and more popular

Never attend any oil and gas seminars

Unpopular oil and gas professionals never attend seminars and workshop. However,In seminars and conference you have a chance to meet with expert and heroes of oil and gas industry, and establish a long relationship.

In the seminar room introduce yourself and exchange a business card, never be shy if your students graduates or oil and gas employee do not hesitate to introduce to other people as well as exchange business card.

The more people you know who know you in the oil and gas industry, the more popular you become and the more opportunities you attract.

The best news is this, nowadays in Tanzania we have a lot of oil and gas conferences and seminars. You job is to stay updated on these oil and gas seminars and conferences

Think you work for someone else
I mean feel yourself you work for your boss or you work for company
Most successful oil and gas employee, they never think they work for someone else than themselves.They feel themselves are responsible for all activities in the companies. Also, they are ready to support other colleagues and volunteers tasks. Unpopular oil and gas professionals do opposite

Never join oil and gas community and forum
All popular oil and gas professionals join various oil and gas community to share experiences and ideas.

If to become popular and successful in oil and gas career is your ultimate aim. join these forums and ask to be a leader.because all followers know their leaders but it’s not necessary for leaders to know all of his members

Are you ready to be unpopular oil and gas professionals?
This for ways helps you to become popular and successful oil and gas professionals, not only for short time but also for the rest of your oil and gas career.

Swala Energy repays loan, readies for Tanzania drill program in 2016

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Swala Energy (ASX:SWE) has repaid an interim loan facility of US$1.1 million to 9.2% cornerstone shareholder Hayaat International that was struck in June 2015.

No interest was payable by Swala under the loan facility. Abu Dhabi-based Hayaat International has been an investor in Swala since November 2013 with an initial A$3.3 million holding.

Swala chief executive officer Dr. David Mestres Ridge said today: “We are once again grateful to Hayaat, a cornerstone investor in Swala, for their ongoing support and in particular having provided interim funding under the Loan Facility.”

The loan was repayable from the proceeds of the farmouts with Tata Petrodyne Limited, a subsidiary of the multinational Tata Sons Limited, which is farming into the Pangani and Kilosa-Kilombero licences in Tanzania.

Also Read:swala-energy-fast-track-drilling-plan-in-Tanzania

Tata Sons is the holding company of the Tata Group and holds the bulk of the shareholdings in the companies within the Group. The Tata Group has a market capitalisation of approximately US$110 billion.

Swala is the first oil and gas company to list a subsidiary on Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange last year – securing US$5.7 million (A$7.8 million) in development funding earlier this month via the farm-in deal with the conglomerate.

Under the terms of the farm-out agreement with TPL, TPL will carry all of Swala Tanzania’s drilling related costs up to a maximum of US$2.5 million (equivalent to a gross well cost of US$10 million).

Swala firmed up the Kito Prospect within the Kilosa-Kilombero licence as the drill target for the 2016 campaign. Swala Energy has a net participating interest of 29.2% as at 30th September.

Recently, Swala began readiness for an acceleration in onshore oil and gas activity in Tanzania in 2016 by engaging a drilling support contractor ahead of further exploration at the Kilosa-Kilombero and Pangani licences.

The agreement with Tata energy subsidiary Tata Petrodyne covers the Kilosa-Kilombero and Pangani licences in Tanzania, both located on a proven oil trend called the East African Rift System.

While in Uganda, the company has also been preparing for the upcoming licensing round in Uganda, where it is one of 16 companies accepted as pre-qualified by the Ugandan Petroleum Commission. The bids are currently expected to be lodged on the 15th January 2016.

TPDC is set to start Airborne Gravity Gradiometry for oil and gas deposits this week

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THE Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) is set to start Airborne Gravity Gradiometry Survey (AGGS) for oil and gas deposits this week in Arusha, Simiyu and Singida, the Corporation’s Managing Director, Dr James Mataragio, said over the weekend.

THE Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) is set to start Airborne Gravity Gradiometry Survey (AGGS) for oil and gas deposits this week in Arusha, Simiyu and Singida, the Corporation’s Managing Director, Dr James Mataragio, said over the weekend.

 

The second phase for the AGGS petroleum and natural gas analysis using special aircraft is mapped within the Eyasi Wembere and Mandawa blocks under which other regions such as Tabora, Shinyanga and Lindi will also be mapped in the study.

In Arusha, where the aerial survey starts today, the exercise will cover the Lake Eyasi escarpment, the Lake Manyara Basin and Lake Natron (Oldonyo L’engai) landscape. Overall, the task, expected to climax in mid- January 2016, will cost about 14 billion/- with the government footing the bill.

“Since there are noteworthy oil discoveries in the Kenyan and Ugandan parts of the Rift Valley, then it is very possible that there could be some oil or gas reserves in Tanzania’s side as well,” pointed out Dr Mataragio when launching the exploration aircraft at the Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) runaway over the weekend.

He said that the “Airborne Gravity Gradiometry (AGG) survey” over the 23,000 line kilometres covering the Eyasi Wembere area would commence today and go on non-stop until January 2016.

“The month-long basic survey is imperative, given the massive oil reserves discovered at similar geological settings in other parts of the East African Region, especially Kenya and Uganda,” the TPDC boss insisted, adding that the survey campaign is being conducted using a low-flying special aircraft, which will be cruising between the altitude 80 and 100m above the ground at a speed of 220 kilometres per hour.

The Head of GGS team, Mr Brett Robinson flying the Canadian aircraft, C-GGSU plane, said there will be a six-man crew undertaking the project, among them officers from the TPDC and the Tanzania People’s Defence Forces (TPDF).

Previously, the TPDC had deployed a similar non-invasive Airborne Gravity Gradiometry Survey (AGGS) over Lake Tanganyika’s North Block, encompassing Kigoma Rural, Kigoma Ujiji, Uvinza and Mpanda Rural where it is believed there are abundant oil resources.

Meet the First Tanzanian Woman To Drill for Oil and Gas Deep Sea

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No, it’s not a mistake! you read the title correctly, you’re about to read, is 29 years old woman and has already become the first Tanzanian woman petroleum engineer to involve in oil and gas drilling projects in the middle of the ocean.

Under those hurdles and hassles in her way, she persists until she accomplishes her goals
Today I would like to share inspiring story with you about Ghati Mwita a woman raised in Mara region

Let’s see her interesting life journey

When she was a little girl her dream was to become an engineer. Her lovely father used to get her different books that would help her to improve knowledge

Ghati joins secondary education
After completing ordinary level Ghati started high school, despite the fact that she got A in the subject of accounting, she was interesting in science subjects (Physics Mathematics and Chemistry)

 

Also Meet Tanzanian engineer incharge and supervisor at Schlumberger-Innocent Anthony Urio

 

Ghati enters TTCL
She then got the job at TTCL after completing high school, but she finally left the job and joined the university.

Ghati goes University of Dar es salaam

Getting division three in high school final examination forced Ghati to join special courses that help candidates who have obtained marginally lower grades than the minimum entry requirement of higher learning institutions.

After successfully completing pre-university courses Ghati joined with the university of Dar es salaam  and do  Bachelor of science in mineral processing engineering

Desire to pursue career in petroleum industry
While she continued her studies, One among of their teachers taught a module about exploration and drilling of oil and natural gas. From that day on Ghati began fascinating with oil and gas field.
She began to look for all opportunities concerning oil and gas industries, and finally  went to Norway for masters’ degrees in petroleum engineering thanks to Statoil company’s scholarship

To make a long story short, currently she is in one-year industrial practical training enjoying a career in oil and gas industry.

Moreover, her purpose is to bring significant development in Tanzania oil and gas sector. Therefore, she expects to get a doctor of philosophy degree for the next 5 years

Why I choose to share with you this inspiring story

  • There are great lessons to receive from her journey
  • You can be anyone you want to be or achieve anything you desire if you have clear and realistic goals
  • Success is not mattered your background, intelligence native ability, family, friends or contacts that enable us to do extraordinary things but is our ability to get very best out under all conditions. As we have seen Ghati is the woman raised up from rural areas.
  • What men can do, women can do as well. As the nature of petroleum jobs many people believe oil and gas career is for men only.

Key to succeed

  • Decide exactly what you want
  • identify the price you want to pay in order to accomplish what you wantDear readers, we love your comments from all of these, and if you found this interesting, do not delay to share with friends

 

Low Oil prices is Bad and Good for Tanzanians

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Since falling of oil price in June 2014, Tanzanians have been losers and winners as wells. Oil slump might be a bad news for Tanzanians but is a great to them also.
Articles discusses different consequences of low crude prices to Tanzanian citizens
Let’s face them
Why low crude prices is good for Tanzanians
Import expenses
Trust me or not a lot of Tanzanians are living happily with this crude low price as they use a car with cheap gasoline.This is because import expenses of processed oil product like diesel gasoline kerosene have decreased thanks to low oil prices Tanzania has no recent crude oil discovery. It depends on oil finished products imports.So low oil prices mean benefit to Tanzanians oil consumers

Minimize living cost of Tanzanians

Decline of oil prices means low transportation costs, cheaper food products as a result of lower living costs for an average Tanzanians
Why crude prices is bad for Tanzanians
On another hand, we are losers and victims of these low oil prices level due to the following reasons
Career in Tanzania oil and gas
Low crude prices are bad news for contemporary Tanzanian graduates who pursue careers in the oil and gas industry.In recent years petroleum engineering, petroleum geoscience, petroleum geology courses were seem as the ticket for the direct jobs to the Tanzania oil and gas companies.

However due to crude oil below $ 50 per barrel, these courses perceived as the ticket for unemployment offices

Read:who-will-hire-Tanzanian-graduates-in-oil-and-natural-gas-industry-now

Layoffs(Tanzania oil and gas professionals)
Many Tanzanians oil and gas workers have been lost jobs. I think the layoff will increase if low crude prices prolonged

Organizations
Low crude hurts Tanzania organizations that supply services to the oil and gas companies especially the upstream segment of the industry. Low crude price makes oil and gas companies do not buy anything from these organizations as they struggle to minimize expenses so as they can cope with low oil prices.

Read also :4-tips-for-local-organizations-to-sell-products-and-services-to-the-oil-and-gas-industry
Final Words
This continued low oil prices has both positive and negative impacts to Tanzanians Oil slump do not affect the country as compared to oil exporters like South Sudan that depends on revenue generated from oil.

Dear readers, we love to hear all of these from you

Bowleven eyes $28m deal for Tanzania gas assets

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dinburgh-based oil and gas explorer Bowleven is set to acquire stakes in two Tanzania gas projects for up to $28 million (£18.3m).

The Africa-focused group said the proposed deal was in line with its strategy of concentrating on opportunities in Africa that “have the potential to create material shareholder value, whilst maintaining a robust balance sheet and strong capital discipline”.

It has signed a conditional heads of terms with Aminex to buy a 25 per cent interest in the Kiliwani North Development Licence, which is soon to begin production, along with a 50 per cent interest in the “highly prospective” Ruvuma petroleum sharing agreement.

Bowleven chief executive Kevin Hart said: “The decision to enter into this heads of terms with Aminex follows the extensive screening of a large number of opportunities in Africa.

Read:Top-5-crude-oil-items-that-make-every-tanzanian-live-better

“Consistent with the group’s strategy, the deal affords Bowleven the opportunity to participate in highly attractive production and material appraisal/exploration assets without compromising its robust balance sheet and strong capital discipline.”

As at 31 October, the Aim-quoted group had a cash balance of about $120m and no debt

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Where do We Find Oil and Gas?

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Unfortunately oil and gas do not exist is liquid pools underneath the earth’s surface. In fact, you could hold a rock containing oil in your hand and would not be able to see the oil.

Also Read:How oil and gas are formed

Important Properties of Rocks

Rock Formation Showing Strata For rocks to contain oil and gas they must have two very important properties. The rock must have a place for the oil and gas to be stored. These storage areas are called pores. These pores are not visible to the naked eye and must be viewed using a microscope. The number of pores that a rock contains indicates how much oil or gas can be stored. The more pores the more oil or gas that can be contained in the rock.

Scientists measure the amount of pore space by determining the rock’s porosity. Porosity is expressed as the volume percent of the rock that contains open space and can range from 5 to 30%.

Drawing Illustrating Porosity and Permeability

The greater the porosity, the more oil and gas can be stored in the rock. Porosity does not mean that there is oil or gas in the the rocks. In fact the pores could be filled with water.

Not only must the rocks have pores, the pores must be connected so that the oil and gas can move through the rock. Scientists measure the ability of oil and gas to move through rock by determining its  permeablity.

Oil and gas in low permeability rock have difficulty moving out of the rock and into a well. Permeability is measured in thousandths of a darcy or millidarcys. Sandstone and carbonate rocks are generally the most porous and permeable rocks and are therefore where scientists usually find oil and gas.

Tullow Comes Up Dry with Kenya Well

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Africa-focused independent explorer Tullow Oil reported Tuesday that the Emesek-1 exploration well in the North Lokichar basin, northern Kenya, has failed to find commercial hydrocarbons. The Emesek-1 well, located on Block 13T, was drilled to a depth of 9,840 feet by the PR Marriott 46 rig.

The well will now be plugged and abandoned. Following the completion of operations the rig will move to the South Lokichar basin to drill the Etom-2 well, which is expected to spud in late November.

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Tullow Exploration Director Angus McCoss commented in a company statement: “The Emesek-1 well was the first well to be drilled in the North Lokichar basin. While this wildcat well did not find commercial hydrocarbons, it provides valuable data as we assess the wider prospectivity of this basin.”   Tullow operates Block 13T with a 50-percent equity stake.

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4 Tips For Local Organizations To Sell Products and Services To the Oil and gas Industry

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Do you struggle to sell products or services into Oil and Gas Industry? Like to sell more into oil and gas industry with less effort?

Article meets all of these questions?

Nowadays in Tanzania there are many small organizations and companies that sell products and services to the oil and gas companies.

Some of these organizations supply safety  equipment like Safety boot, helmet. Also, they provide training services, transport services,

Human resources services both permanent and temporary staff, consultation services etc

However, few of these organizations have successfully selling, because either they sell into the wrong segment of oil and gas industry or they use wrong sales strategies

Read:7-ways-to-make-money-in-Tanzania-oil-and-natural-gas-industry

Article explores tips to improve your sales and generates more income selling into oil and gas industry
Let face them

Fix the problems
If you wish to sell more into oil and gas industries, you should solve a specific problem that your clients have.

Determine who has that problem and determine which segment of oil and gas industry is more likely to buy your product or services.

The industry has three segments decide to fix something either upstream, downstream or midstream segment. Read here 3 segment of oil and gas industry and how industry works

Due to crude to this oil below $ 50 per barrel if you fix problem into upstream sector you are wasting your time and I recommend you to skip into midstream and downstream sector.

Oil exploration and production companies will not listen to you and buy anything from because they are hurting with money

Focus on few vital products and services than many trivial
The common mistake that an organization does is this. They think will sell all products they have into petroleum industry.

In all of your product or services, you offer there few vital products that your clients are more interested in. also, have a great positive impact into your sales.

Concentrate on those few vital products than many trivial. This will not only increase your productivity but will save your time.

Reputation of your organization
This is the most important thing to have success selling into oil and gas industry. It refers how other clients and customers outside there think and talk about your services.

If other clients provide positive comments on your services and products you have a greater chance to attract new prospects.

Focus on quality and forget on prices
Clients would be willing to pay what  want if they believe your products and services will fulfill their wants. Remember you are paid for results and not activities,

so if your products or services have a specific benefit that customers need, they will purchase at prices you want.

Your customer has experience of buying cheap products. So prices do not matter if you sell a quality product
Final words
To sell more into oil and gas industry, you must have a better understanding of how the prospect will enjoy the benefit of using the product or services. Clients would not buy your products if he does understand how they can benefit from services or product you sell.