Mzia Gas Field (Tanzania)

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Mzia Gas Field is a discovered gas field in Tanzania.

Along with Chewa Oil and Gas Field (Tanzania), Mzia Gas Field is a part of the Tanzania LNG T1 complex.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Mzia 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
Mzia Discovered[1][2] Shell plc[1][3] MedcoEnergi (20.0%); Pavilion Energy (20.0%); Shell plc (60.0%)[1][4] 2012[5][6] 2026 (expected)[2] 2031 (expected)[2] Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Mzia Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
gas total gross resources 133087.92 million m³ 2015 [5]
gas Resources 141979.33 million m³ 2021 [7]
gas estimated reserves 240690.92 million m³ 2020 [8]

Location

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

Concession/Block Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block 1[5] Offshore, Tanzania[9] Offshore[10] -9.8028, 40.4762 (exact)[9]

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Tanzania LNG T1 complex:

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20230405202648/https://www.shell.co.tz/about-us/what-we-do.html. Archived from the original on 05 April 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Data Update: Shell's Oil and Gas Project Pipeline" (PDF). Oil Change International. 44958. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 06 2023. Retrieved September 06 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date=, |date=, and |archive-date= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20230830171653/https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/equinor-shell-exxon-agree-lng-project-with-tanzania-2023-05-19/. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20230404100924/https://www.medcoenergi.com/en/our-operation/oil_gas_ep/ajax_load_node/154. Archived from the original on 04 April 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 (2015) Tanzania Oil And Gas Almanac . Report.
  6. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201414446. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. Andrew Latham (2021) Giant fields of the decade: 2010–2020 . Report.
  8. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240731154825/https://eiti.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/Tanzania%25202019-2020%2520EITI%2520Report.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220817145145/https://www.tanzaniainvest.com/gas. Archived from the original on 2022-08-17. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. Natural Earth. 45078 https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-ocean/. Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)