A group led by Italy’s Eni SPA has hiked its estimate of gas in place to 30 tcf in Area 4 off northern Mozambique after its Mamba North-1 discovery in early 2012 identified 7.5 tcf of gas in place.
A group led by Italy’s Eni SPA has hiked its estimate of gas in place to 30 tcf in Area 4 off northern Mozambique after its Mamba North-1 discovery in early 2012 identified 7.5 tcf of gas in place.
The group’s Mamba South-1 discovery identified 22.5 tcf of gas in place in Eocene and Oligocene formations on the block, in the Ruvuma basin (OGJ Online, Oct. 20, 2011).
Eni is the operator of Offshore Area 4 with a 70% participating interest. Galp Energia of Portugal, Korea Gas Corp., and Mozambique’s state ENH each has 10% interest, and ENH is carried through the exploration phase.
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Alan Petzet
Chief Editor Exploration
Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.
Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.
