Mkuranga Gas Field (Tanzania)

This article is part of the Global Oil and Gas Extraction Tracker, a Global Energy Monitor project.

Report an error

Related categories:

Oil and gas extraction Oil and gas pipelines LNG terminals

Mkuranga Gas Field is a discovered gas field in Tanzania.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Mkuranga Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Mkuranga	Discovered	Maurel & Prom	Maurel & Prom (60.0%)	2007	–	–	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Mkuranga Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	proven reserves	5663.32	million m³	2015	​

Location

Table 3: Field-level location details for Mkuranga Gas Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Tanzania	Onshore	-7.157, 39.084 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

Loading map...

{"type":"ROADMAP","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"600px","height":"500px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":7,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":-7.157,"lon":39.084,"icon":"","inlineLabel":"Mkuranga Gas Field\n"}]}

Articles and Resources

Additional Data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of oil and gas extraction sites, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Oil and Gas Extraction Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.