billions of dollars found in Tanzania natural gas

Tanzania oil and/or gas status and trend
The data available from the past ten years' rigorous oil and gas exploration indicate Tanzania to possess
substantive quantity of gas and oil potential. Nine gas fields are confirmed to have been encountered in
Tanzania. Onshore fields include Mnazi Bay, Mkuranga, Songo Songo and Kiliwani-North. Offshore fields
include Pweza, Chewa, Chaza, Jodari and Zafarani. Two fields, Songo Songo and Mnazi Bay are on
production stream. However, TPDC had, by 2009, estimated 7.72 Trillion cubic feet (Tcf) worth of natural
gas in four of its natural gas rich areas - Songo Songo harbours 1-2 Tcf, Mnazi Bay 3-5 Tcf, Kiliwani 70 Bcf,
and Mkuranga 200 Bcf to have been respectively confirmed2
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Songo Songo gas field has been producing commercially since 2004, providing gas for power generation
input to the national grid, and for some Dar es Salaam manufacturing industries direct power uses. The
Mnazi Bay gas field has been producing since early 2007, also providing power for the southern areas of
Mtwara, Lindi, Masasi, Newala and Nachingwea.
Gas drilling is ongoing in three onshore wells (Ziwani-1, SSA-11 and Ntorya-1). The Ntorya-1 well in
Ruvuma Basin, Zafarani-1 and Zafarani-1A wells in Block2, and Jodari-1 well in Block 1 have all been
declared to be gas discoveries. In addition, the Zafarani-1 well has been side-tracked.