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Excellent results from Jodari appraisal offshore Tanzania
BG Group today announced it had completed its appraisal programme in the Jodari field of Block 1 offshore Tanzania, with a drill stem test on the original natural gas discovery well confirming the excellent quality of the Tertiary reservoir.

Statoil makes third discovery offshore Tanzania
Statoil today announces that the Lavani-2 exploration and appraisal well has resulted in a new natural gas discovery offshore Tanzania.

KBR Selected to Execute LNG Pre-FEED Studies in Tanzania, East Africa
KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today that it was awarded a contract by Statoil Tanzania AS (Statoil) to perform pre-front end engineering and design (pre-FEED) studies for a prospective liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Tanzania, East Africa.

SOLO OIL, Tanzania Test Results, Ntorya-1 flows 20 million cubic feet per day of gas and liquids
Solo today announces significant results from the flow testing of the Ntorya-1 well at its discovery in the Ruvuma Basin onshore in southern Tanzania.

The well flowed gas at a measured rate of 20.1 million cubic feet per day (equivalent to 3,350 barrels of oil per day) through a 1" choke, with an estimated additional 140 barrels per day of 48 degrees API condensate. Original reservoir pressure was indicated at 5,424 psi and only small quantities of formation water were produced.

The uppermost 3.5 metres of the gross 25 metre (80 feet) sand interval was perforated and the well was flowed on several choke sizes from 16/64ths to 64/64ths of an inch over extended intervals during the last four days with corresponding shut-in periods to acquire pressure build-up data. Samples were also taken for further analysis which with the pressure data will assist in designing a future development programme.

The successful testing will now be followed by a programme of seismic acquisition later in the year in order to gain a fuller understanding of the size of this discovery and to identify further drilling targets. An independent reserves report on the Ruvuma PSA, commissioned in April following the discovery, is nearing completion and the findings of that report will be issued shortly.

Participants in the Ruvuma PSA are: Ndovu Resources Ltd (Aminex) 75% (operator) and Solo Oil Plc 25%.

Second high-impact discovery for Statoil offshore Tanzania
Statoil (OSE: STL, NYSE:STO) and partner ExxonMobil have made a large gas discovery in the Statoil-operated Block 2 licence in Tanzania.

Fifth consecutive Tanzania gas discovery
BG Group today announced its fifth consecutive Tanzania gas discovery with the Mzia-1 exploration well located in Block 1, offshore southern Tanzania.

Ntorya-1 Update
Aminex PLC (‘Aminex’ or the ‘Company’), an independent oil company listed on the main market of the London and Irish Stock Exchanges with exploration and development assets in the emerging hydrocarbon province of East Africa, today announces the completion of drilling operations and an update on plans for testing the gas discovery made in the Ntorya-1 well in the Ruvuma Basin onshore in southern Tanzania.

Drilling Update Ntorya-1, Tanzania
Solo today announces a further update ondrilling at the Ntorya-1 discovery well in the Ruvuma Basin onshore in southern Tanzania.

Fourth Tanzania well discovers gas
BG Group today announced its fourth Tanzanian gas discovery from the Jodari-1 exploration well located in Block 1 offshore southern Tanzania. Preliminary evaluation of the well results indicates gross recoverable resources are in the range of 2.5 to 4.4 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas.

Statoil confirms indications of gas offshore Tanzania
Statoil and partner ExxonMobil confirm that the Zafarani-1 well in Block 2 offshore Tanzania has encountered indications of natural gas in a good quality reservoir.
Drilling operations are still on-going and it is too early to give any indication of size and commerciality.