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Oil firm drills 100 water wells worth in Zanzibar

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THOUSANDS of residents in Zanzibar will have access to clean and safe water, thanks to the drilling of 100 wells at a total cost of US $5.6 million dollars (about 11.7bn/-) donated by Rak Gas LLC, a company from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) involved in the exploration of gas and oil in the islands.

The company handed over one of the wells at a ceremony graced by Zanzibar Second Vice-President, Mr Seif Ali Iddi, yesterday, in Chumbuni constituency, Urban West region. The water project was undertaken in two phases in which 50 wells were drilled in each constituency by Basix East Africa, a member of Basix International Limited.

“Each of the well has the capacity to produce between 17,000 and 20,000 litres of clean and safe water per day. We have as well installed water pumps at all the wells in addition to the construction of six storage tanks in some areas,” said Basix east Africa Managing Director, Mr Amani Mworia.

In his remarks, Mr Iddi thanked the company for the contribution and urged residents to maintain them, in addition to conserving other water sources in the islands of Unguja and Pemba. “Water is life.

Whoever assists you to get water is a friend indeed. My regards to the leader of Ras Al Khaimah State, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi, for his contribution in the implementation of the project,” he stated.

He said that before the Zanzibar Revolution of 1964 water problems were serious, but the situation had changed gradually as many people now could access the precious liquid.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rak Gas Chief Executive Officer, Mr Kamal Ataya, pledged to drill 50 more wells and asked the government to provide it with land to undertake the initiative.

“Once we are provided with land we will immediately embark on the project. Apart from water the company also supports education and health sectors, as well as construction of mosques,” Mr Ataya remarked.

Zanzibar Minister of Lands, Housing, Water and Energy, Mr Abdallah Ramadhani Shabani, was upbeat that water shortage in the islands would soon become history.

“The water wells were drilled in all the five regions of Zanzibar the well we are receiving today at Chumbuni is among those donated by Rak Gas,” the minister explained.

For his part, Zanzibar Water Authority (ZAWA) Director General, Dr Mustafa Ali Garu, said the authority would ensure that the wells were well maintained and protected in order to benefit all the people.

One Simple thing to Keep in Your Mind and It will help You To Work In Petroleum Industry

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 Petroleum industries require personnel with
diverse academic background, It involve
both technical personnel (such as enigineers , land survey, geomatics)
and non technical personnel ( such as
Lawyer, human resources accounting marketing environmental and safety, banker,
transportation, security insurance and so on.)
You as a Lawyaer or accountant you
might  be interesting to join or make
career change into oil  and gas
industry or for those with engineering background unrelated to oil and gas
industries or no field experience but you
would like  to join into this
industry. To day I will share with you one thing in order to help you join into
petroleum industry.
Lets go,
Generally, company  would  hire you and train you,  even though the company need people, it does
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technical and non technical personnel. The Company would need some who having
understanding of petroleum field.  You should have a basic knowledge of petroleum industry.To increase chances to get your dream  job  in
petroleum industry you must having a basic understanging of terminology of oil
field such as a word HYDROCARBON and
so on.
What you have To do?
As we have already seen above, for
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Paragon Offshore appoints ISS to drill in Tanzania Songo Songo Island

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Paragon M826 can drill to depths of 20,000 ft
US company Paragon Offshore has appointed Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) to provide marine and logistic services for a new drilling campaign off the Songo Songo Islands, Tanzania.
The Songo Songo project is the first new commercial drilling operation in Tanzania in a number of years. Paragon Offshore has been contracted by Tanzania’s first natural gas producer, PanAfrican Energy on a nine-month campaign.
“We are delighted by our first appointment by Paragon Offshore in East Africa,” said TS Mahesh, General Manager, ISS Tanzania.
“The opportunity to support this drilling campaign takes ISS to the next level in the oil and gas support service sector in Tanzania and boosts our future growth plans.”
The services ISS is providing for Paragon Offshore include full husbandry, crew logistics, visa assistance as well as arranging marine and air charters.
Paragon Offshore, a leading provider of standard specification offshore drilling services, is deploying jack-up rig M826, which was delivered to the field on board semi-submersible vessel, OHT Falcon, to be floated off and pinned to the drilling location.
M826 is expected to clear actively producing wells to enhance output and drill several new wells in the same field
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Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) Awards CGG Airborne Gravity Gradiometer Surveys

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CGG announced  that it has been awarded a contract by the
Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) to acquire
high-resolution gravity gradiometry and aeromagnetic data over two
onshore areas along the South-Eastern Tanzanian Coastal Basin and the
eastern arm of the East African Rift.
Acquisition over a total area of 30,000 sq km will commence in mid
August 2015 and is scheduled to last up to two months. Using the
industry’s lowest noise Gravity Gradiometry, FALCON®, CGG
will deliver high-resolution data and interpretation to help evaluate
the hydrocarbon potential of these basins ahead of future licensing
rounds.
Tanzania has already established itself as a highly prospective
hydrocarbon province in East Africa with a series of significant
discoveries offshore and CGG is excited to be part of this next phase of
TPDC’s exploration of the onshore basins. This survey will benefit from
the experience gained through the completion of many projects
throughout Africa using the most advanced technologies available in the
industry.
Greg Paleolog, Senior Vice President, CGG Multi-Physics, said: “CGG
is delighted to work with TPDC to improve understanding of the structure
of these basins and to assist in the identification of suitable areas
for future seismic acquisition. With the selection of our FALCON
service, we can ensure that TPDC and potential operators will have the
best quality data and interpretation products ahead of the proposed
licensing round.”
“We know that there have been significant discoveries in the Kenyan
and Ugandan parts of the Rift Valley, and there may well be undiscovered
oil or gas reserves on Tanzania’s side,” Dr. Mataragio, the Managing
Director of TPDC explains. “The two-month-long basic Airborne Gravity
Gradiometer survey is imperative given the significant reserves
discovered in similar geological settings in Kenya and Uganda. The
promotion of our blocks is part of TPDC’s core business and this
exploration effort will add value and attract investors.”
Early this month the Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania
passed a new Petroleum Bill, which will be signed soon. Under the new
Petroleum Bill, TPDC is now lawfully recognized as a National Oil
Company (NOC). The NOC will participate fully in exploration and
production of oil and gas and this campaign in particular signifies the
commercial commencement of NOC in E&P activities in Tanzania.

Schlumberger Introduces Depth Domain Inversion Services

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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 Depth Domain Inversion Services, customers receive more
information derived from seismic data for reservoir characterization.
This helps reduce uncertainty in complex reservoir environments, improve
the confidence in prospect delineation, reservoir properties and
volumetric calculations.”
Performing seismic inversion in the depth domain fully integrates the
inversion with the imaging products to improve the reliability of
estimating rock properties for reservoir characterization. This is done
by correcting for depth space and dip dependent illumination effects
during seismic amplitude inversion directly in the depth domain.
depth domain inversion services
Depth Domain Inversion Services have been successfully applied in
complex geological environments in North and South America. In the Green
Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico, Schlumberger petrotechnical experts
used a Depth Domain Inversion workflow in a complex subsalt area that
was poorly illuminated.
Reverse time migration produced seismic amplitudes adversely
imprinted by the illumination effects. Executed in the Petrel E&P
software platform, the workflow improved structural and quantitative
interpretation, corrected illumination effects and provided a much
sharper reflectivity image for better event continuity, more reliable
seismic amplitudes and a higher fidelity acoustic impedance volume

Wentworth Resources Estimates $3.5m in Tanzania Monthly Gas Sales

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Wentworth Resources says it estimates that monthly gas sales in
Tanzania into new government owned pipeline Q3 2015 could reach an
estimated $3.5m monthly.

Initially Mnazi Bay will be the only supplier of gas in Tanzania into
new pipeline from 5 wells which will be producing in the field by Q3
2015 at initial volumes of 80 mmscf/d escalating to 130mmscf/d in 2016

Wentworth adds that the substantial cash flow generation is expected
to commence in Q4 with the plan being to reinvest cash flows into Mnazi
Bay and grow the business by maximizing production from existing
discovered gas fields to meet the growing demand for gas in Tanzania and
examining more drill exploration prospects.

Already the company has identified six exploration targets with 1.5
Tscf (614 Bscf Wentworth’s share) unrisked P50 Prospective Resources
with all costs recoverable against existing and future production within
the Concession

On the way forward Wentworth says it will continue to focus on East
Africa onshore and near shore,  pursue acreage along pipeline route in
Tanzania, evaluate Tembo-1 discovery Onshore Rovuma for potential
appraisal and Expand operations in East Africa.

As per the 17 year term gas sales agreement with the government the
government is responsible for transportation and processing costs and
payment guarantees are nearing finalization.

As per the last independent evaluation
of its gas reserves within the Mnazi Bay Concession in Tanzania,
carried out by RPS Energy Canada Ltd the value of Wentworth Resources at
Mnazi Bay is set at$152.9 million after tax. RPS Energy also placed the
value of the entire field at 443Bscf (2P) equivalent to 73.8MMboe.

Wentworth holds a substantial 31.94 percent withholding interest in production equivalent to 141.5Bscf (2P) gross reserves.

In October 2014
Wentworth Resources estimated its projects in Tanzania would make $20
million for first full year and $140 million over first 5 years of
production net of operating and on-going development costs according to
the October 2014 presentation.

Wentworth holds 31.94% in the production stage down from 39.925%
 while the operator and  Mnazi Bay Partner Maurel et Prom holds 48.06%
down from 60.075% after the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation
backed in to take 20% of production interests.

Opportunities in East Africa as region enters Production Development Phase

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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
this phase provides opportunity for players in various fields including
engineering, logistics and field services, financial services, materials
supply amongst others.

On the engineering and construction field Wachira sees the greatest
opportunity for local large mature contractors who can bid directly and
participate in the projects independently.

“Some experience has been achieved through the ongoing exploration activities,” says wachira.

For smaller engineering and construction firms the opportunity is in
forging partnerships especially with oversees firms who can transfer
their expertise and technology.

Wachira says that whereas various contracts will fall to
international firms with years of experience in this sector there will
be increased use of local subcontractors even as he urges local firms to
seek training and certification.

The sheer amount of materials needed will drive up demand for logistics and field services even as there is expected to be the commencement of development drilling.

Total Uganda which is awaiting a production license for example
estimates that it will need to move over 800000 tonnes of equipment as
it starts development at Hoima which would mean about 1000 trucks a day
during the period in both Kenyan and Ugandan road.

Already a number of local companies have already dominated this space including the first listing by an oil and gas company on the Nairobi bourse.

There is also hope especially by local companies that they will receive government protection  in the supply of materials that are readily available locally the a local content legislation.

“The early enactment of local content regulations shall empower local businesses,” he says.

Other opportunities are in the financial services segment where
banks, insurance and guarantees  with various local institutions having
already entered this space.

Last week Chase bank announced that it would be providing $50 million
to small and medium enterprises wishing to venture into the oil and gas
sector.

The financing of SMEs to venture into what has so far been viewed as
an closed society has for long being identified  as a major barrier to local participation alongside the enactment and operationalization of the local content legislation.