ARA Petroleum Tanzania (APT) has been granted a 25-year development license by the Ministry of Energy in Tanzania for the onshore Ntorya gas discovery area in the Ruvuma PSA.
APT considers the area to yield a matured unaudited contingent resource estimate of 3.45 tcf of gas initially in place (GIIP), with an mean unrisked GIIP potential of 16.4 tcf and a risked mean potential of 6.9 tcf for the wider Ruvuma JV area.
APT is operator of the Ruvuma PSA (75%) with Aminex PLC holding the remaining 25% working interest (OGJ Online, July 12, 2023).
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
