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Statoil and ExxonMobil are working on additional pros-

Attendee registration pects in Block 2 and have recently acquired 3D seismic

NOW open at data in areas covered only by 2D seismic. Planning is also lagcoe.com/registration underway for an appraisal well on Zafarani.

Petrobras is still assessing data from the Block 5 Zeta-1 well, alongside 3D seismic interpretation work on Block 6.

Shell says it is in conversation with the TPDC with a view to fnalizing a production sharing agreement on Blocks 9-12, which would allow it to start exploration activities.

The BG/Ophir partnership completed drilling of an explo- ration well, Ngisi-1, using the Deepsea Metro-1, operated by

Odfjell, last month [June]. It is also planning further drill- ing after an agreement signed in May extended use of the

Deepsea Metro-1 for a further 18 months, from June.

Exploration targets will be sought using 3D seismic acquired on Block 1 earlier this year, with an intention to explore the potential continuation of the Tertiary basin foor fan prospectivity in the Rovuma basin found in

Mozambique.

Ophir will also have access to the rig to drill exploration wells on Mlinzi in Block 7 and Maembe, in the East Pande block, closer to shore.

The Mlinzi subsurface is thought to have analogues to

ENI’s giant Mamba discovery offshore Mozambique with

Ophir estimating gross mean resources of 25.6Tcf.

LAGCOE, one of the

Fueling world’s pioneer oil we needed to sit around a table with the Tanzanian and gas expositions, government for fast-track LNG development for Blocks 1,

Global showcases cutting-edge onshore and offshore 3, and 4, and agree [on] domestic market obligations. It means we are clear along the value chain.

Energy innovations.

“They are struggling with these in Mozambique. In fact,

Fueling global energy

Solutions solutions for nearly other assets in Tanzania will have to go through this [pro- 60 years in Lafayette, cess] too, including some of ours.

Louisiana, LAGCOE is “From a logistics standpoint, in order to kick off [a] located in the gateway deepwater drilling campaign, we also needed to identify to America’s Energy how to supply these campaigns, where supply vessels Corridor.

were going to be located, where pipe was going to come

Come to LAGCOE for in and, in addition, marine security needed to be consid- business solutions and ered, as we are operating near the Indian Ocean. enjoy award-winning “Early on, we also decided we wanted to leave a long- cuisine, music and 2013 lasting set of assets in Tanzania, so we worked to [make hospitality in one of the

October 22-24 most culturally inspiring some improvements at] Mtwara Port, one of three deep- areas in the U.S.

Lafayette, Louisiana USA water ports in Tanzania.”

Tanzania Ports Authority manages the ports at Mtwara,

Dar es Salaam, and Tanga. In 2004, Mtwara became the

GLOBAL base for the Mnazi Bay gas feld.

COLLABORATION

By 2009, Mtwara had intermittent electricity from

LOCAL a power station powered by Mnazi Bay gas. However,

RESOURCES

Prior says, infrastructure in the country needed vast

LAGCOE.COM improvements. “If we were to run an exploration campaign success- fully, we needed a functioning airport, heliport, accom- modation and canteen, clinic and ambulance services, an offshore supply port, and reliable power supply and drinking water—some of the most basic elements were oedigital.com July 2013 | OE 69

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