BG hits gas in Mzia-1

BG Group and Ophir Energy’s joint venture in Tanzania has made a fifth consecutive gas discovery in its acreage in the Mzia-1 well. In what Ophir chief executive Nick Cooper describes as its “highest risk East African well to date”, the explorer estimates that mean in-place resources of 3.5tcf have been located, but this could be as high as 6tcf.