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The Cabora Bassa project received environmen- its attention to preparation for drilling at our
tal approval from the Zimbabwean authorities Cabora Bassa Project, namely the world class
in August 2020. Muzarabani prospect, with further updates
It comprises Special Grant 4571, a block regarding pre-drilling activity to be released in
in the Cabora Bassa basin that includes the the near future.”
Muzarabani and Msasa fields, which may hold a
combined volume of 9.25tn cubic feet (261.94bn
cubic metres) of natural gas and 294mn bar-
rels of gas condensate in gross mean unrisked
reserves.
Muzarabani is the larger of the two fields,
with 8.2 tcf (232.2 bcm) of gas and 250mn bar-
rels of condensate, while Msasa may contain
1.05 tcf (29.73 bcm) of gas and 44mn barrels of
condensate. Invictus has described both sites as
“world-class multi-trillion cubic foot” plays.
“Freshly processed data from the CB21 Seis-
mic Survey evidenced a target-rich hydrocarbon
environment and identified multiple anomalies
of interest,” said Invictus’ Managing Director
Scott Macmillan. “The company will now turn Special Grant 4571 is in the Cabora Bassa basin (Image: Invictus Energy)
GCC Services wins camp contract
for major Uganda crude oil project
UGANDA DUBAI-BASED GCC Services has won a con- begins in February, and is to include camp man-
tract to provide camp services for the Tilenga agement, catering and camp support services
field in the Lake Albert basin of western Uganda. for an international and local workforce that is
GCC, a leader in integrated remote site expected to peak at 3,500 people.
services, was selected by engineering and Sinokrot said GCC was planning significant
construction giant McDermott International local engagement with respect to the training
Ltd to provide the services for Tilenga Project and upskilling of local workforce, support and
Upstream Facilities. development of local vendors and suppliers,
CEO Rashad Sinokrot said the GCC’s local including farmers in the region.
presence with an international footprint and Once completed, the Tilenga facilities, with
record of performance on critical energy pro- their link to a heated crude oil export pipeline
jects were defining elements of the winning from the Hoima district to Tanzania’s Tanga
proposal. “We understand the importance of port, will enable Uganda to monetise the fossil
this project to Ugandans and their future. We fuel discoveries made by international oil com-
have been operating in Uganda since 2010, so panies (IOCs) near Lake Albert.
we have strong understanding of the market,” he “The Tilenga project and related pipeline are
said in a January 24 press release. expected to generate 58,000 direct and indirect
TotalEnergies in 2021 awarded the con- jobs, 2.1mn hours of training to build local skills,
sortium of McDermott and China’s Sinopec and $1.7bn worth of work for local companies,”
International Petroleum Service Corporation according to TotalEnergies.
contact, valued about $2bn, to build the Tilenga
facilities in Uganda. The mandate of McDer-
mott-Sinopec is to provide engineering, pro-
curement, construction and commissioning
(EPCC) services of developing onshore oil field
for production of at least 200,000 barrels per day
(bpd) of crude.
Tilenga consists of six oilfields, 426 wells and
31 well pads with buried flow pipelines linked
to central processing facility (CPF). It is part of
projects expected to bring investments of over
$10bn to Uganda and Tanzania.
GCC’s work, to take place over six years, The Tilenga fields are adjacent to Lake Albert (Image: Tullow Oil)
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