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Tanzania announces first gas discovery in more than 10 years

Tanzania announces first gas discovery in more than 10 years

Tanzania has discovered an estimated 223 billion cubic feet of natural gas in the Mnazi Bay area in the country’s south, its energy minister announced on Tuesday. Energy ​minister Juma Homera said the reserves ⁠were found at the Kasa-1X ST2 ​well, explored jointly by state-owned Tanzania Petroleum ​Development Corporation (TPDC) and French oil company Maurel & Prom The find is Tanzania’s first gas discovery in ​more than 10 years Homera said ​that TPDC and Maurel & Prom had drilled three ‌wells — ⁠MB-5, MS-2 and Kasa-1X ST2 — that would help to boost the country’s gas supply Maurel & Prom has

Tanzania has discovered an estimated 223 billion cubic feet of natural gas in the Mnazi Bay area in the country’s south, its energy minister announced on Tuesday. Energy ​minister Juma Homera said the reserves ⁠were found at the Kasa-1X ST2 ​well, explored jointly by state-owned Tanzania Petroleum ​Development Corporation (TPDC) and French oil company Maurel & Prom The find is Tanzania’s first gas discovery in ​more than 10 years Homera said ​that TPDC and Maurel & Prom had drilled three ‌wells — ⁠MB-5, MS-2 and Kasa-1X ST2 — that would help to boost the country’s gas supply Maurel & Prom has said that first ​gas production ​could ⁠start as early as next month Homera said TPDC was already in ​talks with four investors planning ​small-scale ⁠liquefied natural gas projects Before the latest announcement, Tanzania’s discovered reserves stood at about ⁠57.5 ​trillion standard cubic feet, ​according to the energy regulator

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