Tanzania, through the Petroleum Upstream Regulatory Authority (PURA) is expecting to auction twenty-six petroleum exploration blocks for oil and gas exploration.
This was revealed by the Director General of PURA, Eng. Charles Sangweni when speaking with journalists at the 11th East African Petroleum Conference and Exhibition (EAPCE’25) held recently in Dar es Salaam.
Eng. Sangweni said that, of the 26 blocks, 23 are in the deep offshore of the Indian Ocean and three (3) are in Lake Tanganyika.
'The demarcated blocks are located in strategic areas since the deep offshore is where a significant amount of natural gas was discovered and the case of Lake Tanganyika, the Lake is located in the East African Rift System (EARS) where neighboring countries (Kenya and Uganda) discovered oil in basins located in similar geological setting' added Eng. Sangweni.
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Source: Tanzania Petroleum Upstream Regulatory Authority (PURA)
