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Aerial view of Mtwara Port.

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Early 2009, Ophir and Petrobras decided to join forces to set up Mtwara as a base of operations. “With $50-100mil- lion cost per well, $9million to refurbish a port (split 50:50 between Petrobras and Ophir) isn’t that much,” says Prior.

Regent Tanzania Ltd. was appointed in 2009 to run the supply base for gas exploration out of Mtwara Port. tekna - the Norwegian Society of graduate

However, there has been recent unrest over the invest- technical and Scientifc Professionals ments proposed in the country. In late May, 80 people were arrested in Mtwara, over fears that the town would miss out on benefts from the gas, if it is piped to the capital.

By the end of the BG-Ophir 2012 drilling campaign, the partnership had acquired more 3D seismic and grown a

Custom resource base of more than 10Tcf recoverable gas reserves, with further discoveries—Jodari and Mzia - made in Block

REPRINts 1, and Papa-1, the frst Block 3 discovery.

Planning for LNG facilities is “well under way, to under-

Take Advantage of your Editorial Exposure stand what we need to do for front end engineering and design, and fnal investment decision for 2016 with frst export of gas in 2020,” Prior says. “In three years, we’ve gone from creating jobs and trans- forming the port in a small community to potentially having

Give yourself a competitive a big impact on the whole country.”

The pace is unlikely to slacken. This year BG and Ophir advantage with reprints. use this logo on white or lighter may drill as many as six wells off Tanzania, using the drill- backgrounds ship Deepsea Metro-1. The work includes drill stem tests on

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Jodari and Mzia, exploration on Ngisi prospect in Block 4,

Well 1C in Block 1, drilling in Block 7 (operated) on Mlinzi and Maembe, and in East Pande, closer to shore. BG is also acquiring more 3D seismic. use this logo on black or darker

The Mlinzi subsurface is thought to have analogues to backgrounds. The Printing

Eni’s giant Mamba discovery offshore Mozambique. Ophir

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estimates gross mean resources of 25.6Tcf.

For additional information, please contact Foster “We are moving our exploration up [north] towards Dar es

Salaam, where massive prospects could support more trains,

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and into deeper water,” says Prior. “East Africa has a long way to go and I guarantee this pre-

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