Tanzania's Mnazi Achieves Record Output in July
Tanzania’s Mnazi Bay gasfield produced its highest monthly volume in July.
Mnazi Bay gross production averaged 90mn ft3/d gross in July, said field partner Wentworth Resources said August 1; it later confirmed to NGW this was the “highest monthly average achieved.”
Wentworth’s vice president for international, Richard Tainton, told NGW from Dar es Salaam late August 3 that high demand was “primarily due to new power stations coming on line; specifically Kinyerezi 2 which has brought an average of 35mn ft3/d to the daily demand. Kinyerezi 1 and Ubungo 2 [power plants] are running at an average daily demand for the month of 21mn ft3/d and 28mn ft3/d respectively."
Mnazi Bay's operator is Pertamina-owned Maurel & Prom.
Other gas fields onshore Tanzania are facing technical or political-regulatory problems, while developers of larger offshore reserves are holding off LNG developments until the fiscal situation improves.
Monthly production of Mnazi Bay, gross production figures (Credit: Wentworth Resources)