BG Group successfully completed a drill-stem test in the Pweza gas field in block 4 off southern Tanzania. The Pweza-3 appraisal was drilled approximately 2km north of the original Pweza discovery well by the Deepsea Metro-1 drillship in 1400m of water…
BG Group has selected oil and gas service firm ASCO to provide supply base services for its operations in Tanzania, east Africa, under a three year contract worth about US$100 million. The contract will see ASCO work for a number of operators…
Trunkline LNG Export, LLC awarded Technip a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the potential expansion of the existing liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal located in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The potential expansion project includes a LNG liquefaction plant…
Independent exploration firm Ophir Energy has said the preferred site for Tanzania’s first multi-train LNG facility could be announced later this year. The firm, a partner with operator BG Group on Blocks 1, 3 and 4, offshore Tanzania…
BG Group has made another gas discovery on its latest exploration well offshore Tanzania, adding to the potential for LNG development in the country. The Mkizi-1 well in Block 1, was drilled by the Deepsea Metro I drillship in 1301m deep water…
BG Group has made a natural gas discovery in the Ngisi-1 well in Block 4 off Tanzania. The well, drilled by the Deepsea Metro 1 drillship, appraised the Chewa gas field resulting in an upgrade in estimated recoverable resources in the block…
BG Group has made a gas discovery in the Ngisi-1 well in Block 4 offshore Tanzania. The Ngisi-1 well, drilled by the Deepsea Metro 1 drillship, was also used to appraise the Chewa gas field, resulting in an upgrade in estimated recoverable resources in the block…
BG Group completed a second drill stem test in Block 1 off Tanzania. The test was in the Mzia-2 well and flowed at a maximum rate of 57MMcfd. This is the first test of a Cretaceous reservoir in Tanzania’s deep water. Mzia-2 is 4km from the Mzia-1 discovery…
AMEC was awarded a two-year contract extension from BG Group to continue to provide engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and project management support for all of BG Group’s facilities in the central North Sea. The contract…
BG Group today announced it had completed another successful drill stem test in Block 1 offshore Tanzania, with initial results from the Mzia-2 well showing better than expected properties in the deeper Cretaceous reservoir. The test on Mzia-2…
BG Group today announced it had completed its appraisal programme in the Jodari field of Block 1 offshore Tanzania, with a drill stem test on the original natural gas discovery well confirming the excellent quality of the Tertiary reservoirThe drill stem test on the Jodari-1 well…
BG Group has elevated Chris Finlayson to chief executive officer. He came to BG in 2010 after spending 33 years with Royal Dutch Shell. Finlayson replaces Sir Frank Chapman, who has served as CEO of the BG Group since 2000.
Sapinhoá field begins production off BrazilSapinhoá mapCommercial production has begun at Sapinhoá field, Repsol announced on 8 January 2013.The field, run by a consortium of Repsol, Petrobras and BG Group, is located in Block BM-S-9 in Brazil’s pre-salt region…
BG Group appoints Chris Finlayson to top spot BG Group has elevated Chris Finlayson to Chief Executive Officer effective 1 January, the company announced on 13 December 2012.Finlayson came to BG in 2010 after spending 33 years with Royal Dutch Shell…
David Keane, BG Group policy and corporate affairs VP, has been appointed to a two-year term as chairman of America’s Energy Coast (AEC) Industry Council, a Gulf Coast initiative of the American Wetland Foundation.
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