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Never Miss: This Free Online Oil and Gas Training

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IFP  school is going to conduct another Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) relating to oil and energy.

This training which IFP school offers is very important because it meet the needs of petroleum industry and demand of society

  Features of training

  •        Free training
  • It takes five weeks
  • It starts 2nd November 2015
  • 2-3 hours per week
  • Certificate of participation and achievement(you will receive certificate at the end of the course through your email,
  • A serious game as a case study.

Who can join the train?

All petroleum professionals who wants to updates their knowledge, students, graduates and  any one who are very interesting in oil and gas sector.Even if you have back ground unrelated to oil and gas industry  I recommend you to participate in this course, you will learn a lot and the good news is , at the end of the course you will get certificate  which you can increase value of your CV .

I have already participate their previous training on over view of oil and gas industry, there a lot of people who were participating but they didn’t have e background relating to petroleum industry, Why you should not try?

If petroleum industry is your passion you will join.

How  to register for this online course.

Registration is very easy, you  would be asked to fill  two boxes.

the first box you will write your first name and in the last box you will be required to add your email, the you will click “Sign up” button you are ready to go and enjoy the training.

to begin your free registration click here:http://mooc.sustainable-mobility.ifp-school.com

 After successful completing this course participants will be able to

  • Different energy sources , the importance of oil and how it used  in transport and its consequences regarding to the environment
  • Explain the operation of 4 stock engine
  • Explain the specification of gasoline and diesel and objectives of each unit during the crude refining process
  • Explain the engine’s efficiency, the power and the torque
  • Explain the formation of pollutant emissions, identify  techniques used to reduce emissions and consumption and finally identify the different after treatment systems
  • List the pros and cons of hybrids and explain how they work, list the various alternative fuel used, and finally describe possible solution for reducing dependency on petroleum  products eg car sharing or  ecodriving.

  Final Words

When we talk about IFP school, we don’t talk about Tanzania only, IFP school is about international level.

Never Miss,

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Tanzania and Uganda Agree To Build Crude Oil Pipeline

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Uganda and Tanzania have signed an agreement to explore the possibility of building a crude oil pipeline between the two countries, Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development said on Monday.

“The (agreement) creates a working framework for the potential development of a crude export pipeline from Hoima to Tanga Port of Tanzania,” the ministry said in a statement.

“The objective is to select a route that will result in the lowest unit transportation cost that constitutes the most viable option for the crude export pipeline,” it said.

Also Read:Oil firms prefer Tanga pipeline route to Tamu 
This comes just one day after Tanzania initiated a $1.33 billion project to pipe natural gas to its commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, and help relieve chronic power shortages in the city, the president’s office said in a statement on Sunday.

The 532 km (330 mile) Mtwara-Dar es Salaam pipeline and gas processing plants, largely financed by a Chinese loan, is part of a plan to add about 2,000 megawatts of new gas-fired electricity generating power by 2018 to increase Tanzania’s generating capacity to 10,000 MW by 2025.

Most new plants will be gas-fired but Tanzania also wants to use coal reserves and renewable resources such as wind and geothermal.

“Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete inaugurated the pipeline and gas processing plants … ensuring availability of gas for electricity generation to power factories and for domestic use,” the presidency said in a statement.

The expanding capacity will help meet domestic demand as the government connects more people to the national grid beyond the 40 percent who are connected now, and offer the opportunity to export to neighbours.

Tanzania estimates it has about 55 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of recoverable natural gas reserves off its southern coastline. Discoveries in Tanzanian and Mozambican waters have led to predictions the region could become the world’s third-largest exporter of natural gas.

The government said it hopes by switching to gas-fired power plants to save around $1 billion a year in oil imports for electricity generation after the completion of the pipeline.

Kikwete also confirmed a project to build a new cement plant owned by Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote in southern Tanzania close to its natural gas fields.

Kikwete said the factory would produce 3 million metric tonnes of cement a year, and cost $600 million to construct.

Tanzania:Hopes rise for Aminex gas deal in Tanzania

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The Kiliwani field is on the landward side of the Songo Songo island.

The Kiliwani field is on the landward side of the Songo Songo island.

 

The long awaited gas pipeline that runs from Mtwara to Tanzania’s capital , Dar es Salaam, was officially declared open last Saturday (October 10) amid great fanfare in Mtwara.

A clutch of ministers and officials from the TanzanianPetroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) heard President Jakaya Kikwete tell a large crowd and the country that he was optimistic that the current power outages will end.

He added he hoped the country will enjoy reliable power supply from now on by exploiting various sources of energy including natural gas that has been discovered onshore Tanzania.

Read:Aminex  Ceo “Tpdc investment great sign of support“

Foreign oil and gas companies, including Aminex (LON: AEX) and Solo Oil (LON:SOLO), will be quietly but fervently wishing that the opening of the pipeline will herald, at long last , the signing of a gas sales agreement (GSA).

Tanzania is not a rich country but as an emerging economy it is actually has economic growth rates that have been running at 7% a year.

There is a huge demand for energy. Estimated 2016 demand from existing and new power plants is around 120mln standard cubic feet of gas (mmscfd). Gas demand is expected to grow to 475mmscfd by 2018.

Some Tanzania business executives have argued that power shortages have acted as a brake on economic development .

A consortium, operated by Aminex (58.5% interest)) and in which Solo Oil (LON:SOLO) holds currently holds a 6.5% stake, has what the Tanzania government wants. It has discovered a lot of gas onshore.

The Kiliwani field is on the landward side of the Songo Songo island.

The KN-1 gas well tested at 40 mmscfd.  It has been completed and ready to produce for quite a while. The consortium could supply well over 20mmscfd, it is believed.
However, the pipeline (a spur from the main 540km, 36 inch Mnazi Bay to Dar es Salaam pipeline) together with processing facilities has now been completed with Chinese loan financing and is ready to be used.

The sales agreement has been sorted in just about every aspect, it seems. But it still has not been signed off.

A clue to why there have been such long delays in signing a GSA came in September when another foreign companyWentworth Resources (LON:WRL) managed to get a GSA signed.

The problem with these deals has been payment protection guarantees.

Orca, the company that runs the Songo Songo gas field, Tanzania’s only current producer, had outstanding payment issues with the TPDC.

Companies now, usually, want to ensure that some kind of third party, such as the World Bank, will underwrite payments from the TPDC.

Wentworth, together with operator, French group Maurel & Prom operates the Manzi Bay field in the south of Tanzania. It is the only other foreign consortium, apart from theAminex partnership, which has been ready to produce new gas for Tanzania internal consumption.

Solo’s chief executive Neil Ritson told Proactive that his company could end up signing the long awaited gas sales agreement before the Tanzanian general election in two weeks’ time. This could mean for first gas for the partners, which are in the right place at the right time.

Getting KN-1 into production is very important for Solo because it would establish first output for the company and therefore first meaningful revenue.

Also, a GSA would unlock a further investment from Solo which has said it would pay US$3.5mln for a further 6.5% stake in the Kiliwani concession. 

Not only would this help alleviate the company’s debt burden, which has been such a drag on the  share price these last two years, it would also allow progress on another of Aminex’s Tanzania assets, the Ruvuma production sharing agreement (PSA), which could be company-making.

Tanzania: Swala Oil Selects Tanzania Drilling Site

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Swala Oil & Gas (Tanzania) plc has selected a drilling location for the 2016 exploration well that shall be drilled on the Kito prospect in the Kilosa-Kilombero licence.

The technical review of the Kilombero Basin has shown the Kito prospect to be robust and has given promising indications of the potential prospectivity within the basin,” Dr David Ridge, the firm’s CEO said last week.

According to a company release, re-interpretation of the 2013 and 2014 seismic data have resulted in improved understanding of the Kito prospect.

Analysis of the available seismic has identified a number of additional structures along the Kito basin bounding fault.

Ridge said that the reinterpretation of data over Kito has resulted in a slight increase in the size of the mapped structure whilst early review of the additional structures has given the Company a better appreciation of the potential upside within the Kilombero basin.

Un-risked recoverable resources, mmbbls, net to the Company on the basis of a 25% equity interest post farm-in and the leads and prospects of the Kilombero basin he said, adding that recovery factor used 27%.

       Read: Swala energy complete farm out of Tanzanias kilosa -kilombero and Pangani licences interest to Tpl

 
 
“He added that the Company is in the process of completing an EIA over the selected drilling area and of selecting drilling contractors for the Kito exploration well in 2016.

Swala is an affiliated company to Swala Energy Limited, a company in turn listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) with ticker “SWE”.

It holds assets in the world-class East African Rift System with a total net land package in excess of 17,500km2.

New discoveries have been announced by industry participants in a number of licences along this trend, including Ngamia and Twigga, which extend the multi-billion barrel Albert Graben play so successfully developed by Tullow Oil into the eastern arm of the rift.

Swala has an active operational and business development programme to continue to grow its presence in the hydrocarbon provinces of East Africa.