East African Uganda-Tanzania pipeline set for construction as pipe arrives and may give traction to Tanzanian LNG
Tanzania, the future LNG exporter, and neighbour Uganda are making progress on oil and natural gas projects and the first shipment of 100 kilometres of line pipe as just arrived at the Tanzanian Port of Dar es Salaam, signalling the start of the main construction phase for the region’s first major cross-border pipeline project.
African nation of Tanzania is closer to becoming LNG exporter with Shell and Equinor contract moves
The East African nation of Tanzania said contract preparations are under way with Norwegian energy major Equinor and UK-based Shell to construct a $30 billion liquefied natural gas export project.
African nation of Tanzania moves step closer to becoming LNG exporter with Shell and Equinor accord
The East African nation of Tanzania said it signed a framework agreement with Norwegian energy major Equinor and UK-based Shell to intensify studies on a new LNG export project.
Somalia says oil and gas exploration accords approved with Houston-based company and moving forward
Somalia is attempting to return to the international fold after decades of being known mostly for piracy, terrorism and violent militia activity and said in a statement just issued that it was advancing with plans for offshore oil and natural gas exploration with a little-known US company based in Houston, Texas.
LNG and energy engineer McDermott and Sinopec unit chosen to bring Uganda oil and gas on stream
McDermott International, the US energy and LNG engineering firm, and China’s Sinopec International Petroleum Service Corp, have received the conditional award of a $2-billion contract from France’s TotalEnergies to give the East African nation of Uganda oil and natural gas output.
The McDermott-Sinopec Services consortium received a Letter of Award for the contract for the Tilenga project located in the onshore Lake Albert Basin of Uganda.
Tilenga joint venture is the center-piece of an oil and gas development effort to bring investments of over $10Bln to Uganda and neighbouring Tanzania.
The Tilenga venture currently includes six oil fields and will feature 426 oil wells at full production.
“The projects for the development of the oil and gas resources of the Lake Albert region and a cross-border pipeline are situated in a sensitive social and environmental context that requires special measures for the environment and the rights of the local communities,” explained TotalEnergies.
The Lake Albert region in Uganda has major oil and gas resources, estimated at over one billion barrels of oil equivalent.
Uganda has chsoen to develop them under the Tilenga project, operated by TotalEnergies and with the participation of China National Offshore Oil Corp. and the Uganda National Oil Company.
Production will be delivered to the Tanzanian port of Tanga by a cross-border pipeline, built and operated by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) company.
“This important step further strengthens years of successful collaboration with TotalEnergies on a wide portfolio of world-class projects in the Offshore, Petrochemicals and LNG segments, where TotalEnergies is a major stakeholder,” explained Samik Mukherjee, McDermott's Group Senior Vice President for Projects.
The Tilenga project will be led from McDermott's UK offices located west of London and Sinopec's office in Yangzhou in China's Jiangsu province, north of the Yangtze River.
The consortium will provide engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) services for the development of an onshore oil field that will generate up to 200,000 barrels per day.
It will consist of 31 well pads connected to a central processing facility (CPF) via buried flowlines.
McDermott said that work was set to begin soon and first oil was expected to come on stream in 2025.
“This is a momentous and essential project for Uganda for the development of its national companies and citizens, and as we continue to grow our footprint in Africa, we are committed to expanding local content opportunities in the communities in which we operate,” stated Tareq Kawash, a Senior McDermott Vice President for operations outside the US,
“This is a first step which allows launching the detailed engineering and procurement activities before the final approval by the partners,” Kawash added.
UK move by PM Johnson to end fossil fuel export credits will hit poorest nations and future LNG projects
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has made his nation the first in the Group of 20 of the world’s most advanced economies to end all overseas oil and gas export credits, the downside of which is depriving poorer African and Asian nations of the fruits of fossil fuel revenues from development projects that many Western countries and powers like Russia and China have enjoyed to the full for many years.
