In Angola, Chevron and Sonangol are developing a liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility to convert natural gas from several offshore fields for export. The facility will process natural gas that is currently flared during crude Oil production. The LNG facility will have total production capacity of five million-tonnes-per-year and will be located near the city of Soyo, in northern Angola. The front-end engineering and design study (FEED) for the LNG project should be completed by 2007; however, the facility is not expected to come online before 2010 at an estimated cost of $5 billion. Chevron and Sonangol are the principal stakeholders in the LNG project, joined by partners Norsk Hydro, BP, Total and ExxonMobil.
In Namibia, Tullow Oil (U.K.) is developing the Kudu natural gas field, which is located offshore in Production License 001 and has estimated proven reserves of 1.3 Tcf. The project includes piping natural gas to an 800-megawatt (MW) power plant at Oranjemund, which Namibias state electric company, NamPower, is currently developing. Tullow has plans to drill two appraisal wells on Kudu in early 2007. Tullow operates Kudu with a 90 percent share in the project and is joined by the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (10 percent).
Tanzanias Songo Songo natural gas field is located offshore in the Indian Ocean and contains estimated proven reserves of 420 Bcf and additional probable reserves of 85 Bcf. The five wells on the field can produce at a capacity of 1.5 million cubic feet per day (Mmcf/d). However, current marine and land Pipeline infrastructure only allows for 70 Mmcf/d of natural gas to be supplied to industrial users in Dar es Salaam. Songo Songo is operated by East Coast Energy Corporation. In April 2006, Canadian-based Artumus Group began drilling appraisal wells in Tanzanias Mnazi Bay. Analysts estimate that the field could produce 10 MMcf/d over a 30-year project life. Tanzania awarded Artumas the license for the Mnazi Bay Block in 2004.