Tanzania’s First Gas Find in a Decade Is Small, but It Arrives at the Right Time
On 27 October, Energy Minister Juma Homera stood at the Kasa-1X ST2 well in Mnazi Bay and announced Tanzania’s first natural gas discovery in about a decade: an estimated 223 billion cubic feet (6.3 billion cubic metres) in the south of the country. He called it a “major milestone” for a small oil and gas sector. The find is modest by the standards of Tanzania’s offshore giants, but where it sits matters more than how big it is.