UK oil and gas services company ASCO Group has won a $100m contract to provide supply base services to BG in Tanzania. The three-year contract will be operated out of Mtwara port and will employ over 100 local people. ASCO will provide shore base services to BG, Statoil, Petrobras and Ophir Energy, including warehousing, vessel loading and unloading, pipeyard storage, the provision of bulk chemicals and facilities management services.