Ntorya partners advancing Tanzania natural gas project

The partners developing the Ntorya natural gas field in Tanzania expect to complete and commission the 35-km pipeline connecting it to the 210-MMcfd Madimba gas processing plant in third-quarter 2026. Line pipe for the project has been manufactured and is scheduled to arrive in Tanzania late January 2026.

Regarding development of the field itself, operator ARA Petroleum Tanzania (APT) says contracting “is well advanced” to bring the Ntorya-2 well (NT-2) into production in line with commissioning the pipeline. The company expects to award the principal contract also in January 2026.

Procurement of a drilling rig and associated services for drilling the Chikumbi-1 well (CH-1) and workover of the Ntorya-1 well (NT-1) also continues. All tenders have been received and APT is currently evaluating the tenders.

All necessary casings, tubulars, and wellheads required for the drilling of CH-1 and workover of NT-1 are on site in Ntorya, partner Aminex PLC said. The contract for civil works in and around the Ntorya development has been awarded to a local construction company. These works are also scheduled to start next month and include:

• Well-pad preparation for CH-1.

• Well-pad rehabilitation for NT-1 and NT-2.

• Conversion of the original Ntorya-3 well site to the Ntorya gas field base.

• Preparation of the site for upstream production infrastructure and ancillary access roads.

Tanzania Petroleum Development Corp., the project’s third partner, in July 2025 awarded China Petroleum Pipeline and China Petroleum Technology & Development Corp. the engineering, procurement, and construction contract for the pipeline.

Ntorya contains 1.8 tcf of gas proven by two wells which each produced 20 MMscfd during testing. Local media report an updated unaudited contingent resource estimate of 3.45 tcf gas initially in place (GIIP), with an internally aggregated block total P_mean unrisked GIIP potential of 16.4 tcf and a risked P_mean GIIP potential of 6.9 tcf.