BG Group has selected oil and gas service firm ASCO to provide supply base services for its operations in Tanzania, east Africa, under a three year contract worth about US$100 million.
The contract will see ASCO work for a number of operators, including Statoil, Petrobras and Ophir, as well as BG.
The supply base will be operated out of the port of Mtwara employing more than 100 local people.
Services will include warehousing, vessel loading and unloading, pipeyard storage, the provision of bulk chemicals as well as facilities management services.
Tanzania has become hot property, with BG Group and Statoil eying LNG export from the gas-rich offshore region following a string of recent large discoveries.
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Independent exploration firm Ophir Energy has said the preferred site for Tanzania’s first multi-train LNG facility could be announced later this year.
The firm, a partner with operator BG Group on Blocks 1, 3 and 4, offshore Tanzania, east Africa, said work selecting a site was nearing completion.
Discussions have been held with the Tanzanian government and state-oil firm Tanzania Petroleum Development Corp, as well as neighboring Block 2 co-venturers—Statoil and ExxonMobil—who would be involved in jointly developing an LNG facility.
This is anticipated will lead to an announcement of a preferred site during 2H, enabling a site acquisition process to start, said Ophir.
Image: Mtwara Port
