Oil Hunted in Mozambique After World’s Largest Gas Discoveries

By Eduard Gismatullin - Jun 14, 2013 10:04 AM GMT+0200

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Statoil ASA (STL) and Tullow Oil Plc (TLW) are finishing a well aimed at achieving the first commercial oil discovery in Mozambique, the East African country where explorers have made the century’s largest natural gas finds.

The partners’ Cachalote well off Mozambique is drilling past potential gas fields and looking for crude discoveries further under the seabed, Tullow Exploration Director, Angus McCoss said in an interview yesterday. The well is expected to be finished later this month.

“We think that some of the deeper plays” may have oil, McCoss said. “That’s what the focus of that campaign is in trying to find the elusive oil offshore East Africa.”

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC) and Eni SpA (ENI) have found more than 100 trillion cubic feet of gas off Mozambique, enough fuel to build the world’s second largest liquefied natural gas plant. Oil, which explorers prefer because it’s easier and cheaper to ship to customers, has been harder to find. In 2010, Anadarko’s Ironclad well showed evidence of oil without making an economically viable discovery.

“The value lies in oil,” McCoss said in London. Cachalote is “certainly worth doing as a potentially needle-moving prospect.”

The partners are targeting about 200 million barrels of oil at Cachalote, Tom Robinson, a London-based analyst at Nomura International Plc, wrote in a June 3 report. The well, located in Area 2 to the south of Mozambique’s gas finds, is due for completion this month, Tullow said on May 8.

Frontier Area

“This is the first exploration well in this area, so it’s a frontier area,” Statoil spokesman Baard Glad Pedersen said by phone. “It has a potential for oil, but we are in the early phase.” Statoil operates the well.

Anadarko drilled the Barracuda and Black Pearl wells last year in the southern part of Area 1 to follow up on Ironclad, Robert G. Gwin, chief financial officer, said Feb. 5. Both were unsuccessful.

Eni, which is exploring Area 4 off Mozambique, also plans to drill for oil in the second half of this year, Claudio Descalzi, the head of exploration and production, said March 14.

“We going to start a new exploration campaign with the first well that will be drilled in July,” he said. “It’s in different kind of environment, different target and mainly oil, so that is quite important.”

Cedido por la Armada española

Navantia entrega a Mozambique el navío Pebane, una actualización del Dragonera

03/06/2013

(Infodefensa.com) Madrid – El navío P-001 Pebane, resultado de la actualización que ha llevado a cabo Navantia del patrullero Dragonera, está ya rumbo aMozambique, el país al que la Armada española cedió el buque.

El Pebane partió el viernes 31 de mayo del astillero de San Fernando, en Cádiz, a bordo del buque MV Panagia, y está previsto que llegue a Maputo el próximo 18 de junio.

De esta forma la UP de Reparaciones de Cádiz-San Fernando concluye las obras de actualización del antiguo patrullero Dragonera, cedido por la Armada española a la Marina de Mozambique para su empleo en la lucha contra la piratería en la zona, donde faenan numerosos barcos españoles.

Navantia, que firmó el contrato el 20 de noviembre de 2012, ha acometido la modernización del barco con objeto de alargar la vida operativa del mismo. La obra ha supuesto más de 50.000 horas de trabajo, lo que se traduce en más de 50 operarios durante 6 meses, según ha informado la compañía.

Con motivo de la finalización de la obra de actualización, el ministro de Defensa de Mozambique, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, acompañado por la embajadora del país en España, Fernada Lichale, y el Jefe del Estado Mayor de la Marina, Comodoro Joaquim Rivas Mangrasse, entre otros, realizaron una visita al astillero de San Fernando el miércoles día 29.

La Delegación, además de visitar el barco, asistió a una amplia exposición de las capacidades de Navantia en lo relativo al contrato del Pebane, así como la propuesta  para el Patrullero Ízaro de la Armada española, sobre el que el Secretario Permanente del Ministerio de Defensa, Teófilo Joao, había mostrado su interés como futura adquisición para la Marina de Mozambique durante la firma del contrato de modernización del Pebane.

Reunión con el ministro español

Un día después, el ministro mozambiqueño se reunió con el ministro español, Pedro Morenés. En el encuentro, en el que se abordó la potenciación de las relaciones bilaterales entre los dos países en materia de defensa, Nysui agradeció a su homólogo la cesión del patrullero.

Mozambique contrató los servicios de la Consultoría Internacional de Defensa y Seguridad CIDyS, del grupo Isdefe, que ha gestionado su modernización en el astillero de Navantia en San Fernando, así como su posterior traslado a Mozambique. La Armada española se ha hecho cargo del adiestramiento de la nueva dotación del buque.

El patrullero fue construido por la empresa nacional Bazán (actual Navantia) en sus astilleros de El Ferrol. Era el segundo buque de los cuatro que componían la serieConejera y entró en servicio en la Armada española con el nombre de Dragonera(P-23) el 31 de diciembre de 1983.

Desplaza 85 toneladas de registro bruto y 93,7 toneladas a plena carga. Mide 32,2 metros de eslora, 5,3 de manga y 1,4 de calado. Está propulsado por dos motores diesel MTU-Bazán MA 16V, con una potencia de 2.450 CV. a dos ejes, que le proporcionan una velocidad máxima de 13 nudos y una autonomía de 1.200 millas náuticas. Monta un radar de superficie ‘Furano’ y va armado con un cañón automático de 20 mm. Oerlikon-120 Mark10 y una ametralladora pesada de 12,7 mm. MG. Lleva una dotación de 12 marinos.

Navantia performs sea trials Patrol Navy "Pebane" Mozambique

[Used Combat <> 29May2013-02] The Spanish state company Navantia has made during the May tests Sea Patrol "Pebane" P-001 Navy Mozambique, as the final phase of the modernization work carried Repairs performed by Navantia shipyard in San Fernando.

Subsequently training took place in the sea of ​​the Mozambican crew of "Pebane" final stage of the Spanish Armada taught by training course regarding operation, security, navigation and knowledge to anyone reltivo the operation of the vessel .

This training is part of the contract signed by Navantia with the Mozambican government, and opens the possibility of continuing with other ships from the Spanish Armada, which would, once modernized by Navantia, to join the Navy Mozambique.

Patrolman "Pebane" P-001 will be transferred to the port of Maputo on board the vessel MV Panagia on 29th May reaching the capital of Mozambique on June 18, 2013.

Two Steps To First Gas Off Mozambique

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American independent Anadarko took the second major step towards a Four Train, 20MMTPA LNG plant from Offshore Mozambique on Tuesday January 8, 2013.

The company’s award of a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract to a Joint Venture vehicle comprising Fluor and JGC comes two weeks after it reached Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Eni, establishing foundational principles for the coordinated development of the common natural gas reservoirs spanning both Mozambique’s Offshore Area 1 (operated by Anadarko) and Offshore Area 4 (operated by Eni). Anadarko targets the first LNG cargo for 2018.

The facility will be located in the Cabo Delgado province, 2 000 km north-east of Mozambique’s capital, Maputo. Anadarko discovered massive reservoirs of gas in the Indian Ocean offshore Mozambique in early 2010. Eni arrived later, continuing the luck in a different block. Both companies are on record as saying that the reservoirs are some of the largest discoveries in their portfolios in over 10 years.

New York listed Flour and Japanese firm JGC have a 50-50 partnership in the JV that won the FEED contract. They say they have “ brought together a talented and experienced team that leverages the combined strengths of JGC’s industry-leading LNG experience with Fluor’s fifty-plus year reputation for executing large complex projects in sub-Saharan Africa.”

The FEED will deliver designs for the initial phase of the project, which will consist of four trains, each capable of producing five-million tons a year of liquefied natural gas (LNG), culminating in 20-million metric tons a year. The project has the potential to expand to a capacity of about 50-million metric tons a year of LNG.

Hydrocarbons in Cabo Delgado

Hydrocarbons in Cabo Delgado

Pemba is the capital of Cabo Delgado Province, the northern most province of Mozambique bordering Tanzania. Together, Anadarko (American) and ENI (Italian) as consortium leaders of off-shore areas 1 and 4, respectively, have discovered gas fields potentially suitable to transform and export as LNG to asian markets. The resources discovered in exploration phases on the off-shore areas are in the range of 100 to 120 tcf gas in place.

Statoil (Norwegian) and Petronas (Malaysian) each hold two large contiguous exploration blocks South of the Anadarko and Eni blocks. The image to the right shows some of the current discoveries and the sizes of the blocks with their respective consortium leaders.

Anadrako and ENI have decided to use Pemba as the hub for their upstream off-shore activities. Seven of the top ten E&P companies are also basing operations in Pemba.

Anadarko’s projected location for the LNG plant for Cabo Delgado is Palma, the northern-most district on Mozambique’s vast shoreline. It is the closest land point from the gas fields that will likely be developed.

World-Class Beauty in Cabo Delgado

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Anadarko Makes Another Gas Discovery Offshore Mozambique

Posted on Apr 18th, 2013 with tags Anadarko, Discovery, gas, Makes, Mozambique, News, Offshore 

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation  announced the discovery of a new natural gas accumulation fully contained within the Offshore Area 1 of the Rovuma Basin of Mozambique. The Orca-1 discovery well encountered approximately 190 net feet (58 meters) of natural gas pay in a Paleocene fan system.

“Discovering another large, distinct and separate natural gas accumulation in the Offshore Area 1 continues our outstanding exploration success offshore Mozambique,” said Sr. Vice President, Worldwide Exploration Bob Daniels. “We are designing an initial two-well appraisal program to define the areal extent of the Orca field, which will commence immediately after drilling our Linguado and Espadarte exploration wells. Orca is a single large Paleocene column, and its proximity to shore provides additional options and flexibility for potential future development.”

The Orca-1 exploration well was drilled to a total depth of approximately 16,391 feet (4,996 meters), in water depths of approximately 3,481 feet (1,061 meters).

Anadarko is the operator in the Offshore Area 1 with a 36.5-percent working interest. Co-owners include Mitsui E&P Mozambique Area 1, Limited (20 percent), BPRL Ventures Mozambique B.V. (10 percent), Videocon Mozambique Rovuma 1 Limited (10 percent) and PTT Exploration & Production Plc (8.5 percent). Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos, ep’s 15-percent interest is carried through the exploration phase.

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Sacyr se adjudica dos obras en Mozambique por importe de 177 millones

Sacyr se adjudica dos obras en Mozambique por importe global de 177 millones

 Tags: sacyr | adjudicacion | obras | Publicado por Redacción

20-03-2013 (13:20:30)

Mozambique. Sacyr, a través de sus filiales portuguesas Somague y Neopul, se ha adjudicado dos obras en Mozambique para la multinacional minera brasileña Vale, por importe global de 177 millones de euros (228 millones de dólares).

Los contratos adjudicados se refieren a las secciones 6, 7.1 y 7.2 de la línea de Nacala, en una extensión de unos 600 kilómetros, conocido como el Corredor de Nacala, e incluyen la rehabilitación de la infraestructura y superestructura ferroviaria.

El proyecto del Corredor de Nacala busca desarrollar una solución logística para la expansión de la mina de Moatize, en la provincia de Tete. Este corredor ferroviario tiene una extensión total de 912 kilómetros, y tras las obras de mejora tendrá capacidad para mover 18 millones de toneladas de carbón al año al comunicar la mina de Moatize, 20 kilómetros al nordeste de Tete, con el Puerto de Nacala-a-Velha, en la costa del océano Índico, pasando por Malawi.

Sacyr cuenta con una amplia experiencia en todo tipo de obras ferroviarias, como por ejemplo varios tramos del metro de Barcelona, Madrid, Sevilla, Palma de Mallorca, el tranvía a San Fernando (Cádiz), varios tramos del metro de Oporto y Lisboa en Portugal y de Dublín y Portlaoise en Irlanda. Además, de la integración del ferrocarril en las ciudades de Logroño y Málaga, el desdoblamiento de la línea ferroviaria de Palermo (Italia), entre otras obras. En líneas de alta velocidad, Sacyr ha construido más de 700 km de vía por un importe superior a 4.200 millones de euros, con contratos de construcción de plataforma, montaje y renovación de vía con maquinaria propia.

El grupo opera en 21 países de los cinco continentes, en África desarrolla su actividad a través de su filial portuguesa Somague que está presente en Angola, Cabo Verde, Togo y Mozambique.

Vale es una de las mayores compañías mineras del mundo, con más de 195.000 empleados en los 37 países de los cinco continentes donde desarrolla su actividad. En Mozambique se encarga de la explotación de la mina de carbón de Moatize.