Tanzania: Papa discovery for BG


Issue 237 - 10 Aug 2012 | 1 minute read

BG Group’s Papa-1 well has made the first Cretaceous gas discovery outboard of the Rufiji Delta in Block 3. The well, the sixth consecutive gas discovery for the BG-Ophir Energy joint venture in offshore blocks 1, 3 and 4, encountered an 89-metre gas-bearing column in the Upper Cretaceous.

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