Muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar na kero zake: Je, tuuvunje?

Muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar na kero zake: Je, tuuvunje?

...news ya 10/2008

Experts: Oil discovery remains distant dream

ALVAR MWAKYUSA
Dar es Salaam

SEVERAL months after Canada’s Artumas Group and the state-run Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) publicly announced a significant discovery of high quality crude oil at Mnazi Bay area in Mtwara Region, there remains a mystery on whether or not actual commercial oil drilling will begin in the country.

Artumas last year announced the discovery of hydrocarbons at Mnazi Bay, where it had drilled about 50 barrels for testing. According to exploration geologists, hydrocarbons are a good sign of the existence of oil.

What is more, laboratory test results of the liquid hydrocarbons extracted by the company in the area last year established that there was high-quality crude oil in the area.

The company said in a statement earlier this year that substantial crude oil potential has been observed in the Ruvuma basin lying midway between Tanzania and Mozambique.

According to the announcement by Artumas Group Energy & Power, the Canadian-based parent company of Artumas Tanzania Limited, 50 barrels of liquid hydrocarbons from Mtwara Region had been sent abroad for evaluation.

’’In November (last year), Artumas successfully completed a $170m (over 170.025bn/-) financing enabling the next stage of exploration and development over the upcoming two years, with a proposed capital spending of $124m (approx. 124.018bn/-) on its upstream work programme for both Mozambique and Tanzania,’’ the company said.

Artumas Tanzania Managing Director, Salvator Ntomola, told THISDAY in Dar es Salaam yesterday that his company was still carrying analysis by conducting seismic surveys of the area by drilling more wells to establish the amount of oil deposits.

’’The amount we discovered was of small quantities...the hydrocarbons are by-products of gas which is drilled at the area. Drilling oil is not like mining gold...there is heavy investment needed to drill the wells where it costs an average of $15m for a single well,’’ he said.

Yet, Commissioner for Energy and Petroleum Affairs in the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Eng. Bashir Mrindoko, made it clear yesterday that there are no traces of oil at the area so far.

’’There isn’t any discovery of oil for commercial value at present but more wells are still being drilled,’’ he told THISDAY in an interview.

TPDC Managing Director, Yona Killagane, said during a news conference held at the Ministry of Energy and Minerals offices in Dar es Salaam late March, this year, that Artumas was studying whether there were enough reserves to warrant commercial exploitation.

He was supported by the firm’s Chief Exploration Geologist, Herry Kajato, who said the company was still drilling more wells in the area to determine whether the oil deposits justify large investments required to commercially extract the commodity.

’’Hydrocarbons results from wells number 2, 3 and 4, which are licensed to Artumas, have showed positive results. However, in order to determine if the project is viable for commercial purposes, the company is currently undertaking further surveys and assessments,’’ said Kajato.

He stated that after two months of assessment, the viability of the project for commercial purposes will be known.

However, almost seven months after the announcement, the company is still said to be carrying analysis to establish commercial feasibility of the project.

Artumas Group Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Mason, was quoted last year as saying that the 25,000-square kilometre land position that the company is operating in the Ruvuma basin is recognized as a ’highly potential deltaic basin’ and gives Artumas substantial room to run in growing its resource base.

Artumas has also announced significant progress in power sales from its 12-megawatt Mtwara energy project increasing by 8.7 per cent over the second quarter average this year.

An ’arranger agreement’ with Dutch FMO was completed to facilitate the financing of Artumas planned 300MW integrated power project also in Mtwara Region.

FMO will act as arranger for two structured finance facilities for the power generation plant and the high-voltage transmission interconnect to the Tanzania grid, estimated at $225m and $400m respectively.

Other Tanzanians, however, say it is perhaps a blessing in disguise that commercial oil drilling has not started in the country because of the fear of the so-called ’oil curse.’
 
Koba said:
...news ya 10/2008

Experts: Oil discovery remains distant dream

ALVAR MWAKYUSA
Dar es Salaam

SEVERAL months after Canada’s Artumas Group and the state-run Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) publicly announced a significant discovery of high quality crude oil at Mnazi Bay area in Mtwara Region, there remains a mystery on whether or not actual commercial oil drilling will begin in the country.

Artumas last year announced the discovery of hydrocarbons at Mnazi Bay, where it had drilled about 50 barrels for testing. According to exploration geologists, hydrocarbons are a good sign of the existence of oil.

What is more, laboratory test results of the liquid hydrocarbons extracted by the company in the area last year established that there was high-quality crude oil in the area.

The company said in a statement earlier this year that substantial crude oil potential has been observed in the Ruvuma basin lying midway between Tanzania and Mozambique.

According to the announcement by Artumas Group Energy & Power, the Canadian-based parent company of Artumas Tanzania Limited, 50 barrels of liquid hydrocarbons from Mtwara Region had been sent abroad for evaluation.

’’In November (last year), Artumas successfully completed a $170m (over 170.025bn/-) financing enabling the next stage of exploration and development over the upcoming two years, with a proposed capital spending of $124m (approx. 124.018bn/-) on its upstream work programme for both Mozambique and Tanzania,’’ the company said.

Artumas Tanzania Managing Director, Salvator Ntomola, told THISDAY in Dar es Salaam yesterday that his company was still carrying analysis by conducting seismic surveys of the area by drilling more wells to establish the amount of oil deposits.

’’The amount we discovered was of small quantities...the hydrocarbons are by-products of gas which is drilled at the area. Drilling oil is not like mining gold...there is heavy investment needed to drill the wells where it costs an average of $15m for a single well,’’ he said.

Yet, Commissioner for Energy and Petroleum Affairs in the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Eng. Bashir Mrindoko, made it clear yesterday that there are no traces of oil at the area so far.

’’There isn’t any discovery of oil for commercial value at present but more wells are still being drilled,’’ he told THISDAY in an interview.

TPDC Managing Director, Yona Killagane, said during a news conference held at the Ministry of Energy and Minerals offices in Dar es Salaam late March, this year, that Artumas was studying whether there were enough reserves to warrant commercial exploitation.

He was supported by the firm’s Chief Exploration Geologist, Herry Kajato, who said the company was still drilling more wells in the area to determine whether the oil deposits justify large investments required to commercially extract the commodity.

’’Hydrocarbons results from wells number 2, 3 and 4, which are licensed to Artumas, have showed positive results. However, in order to determine if the project is viable for commercial purposes, the company is currently undertaking further surveys and assessments,’’ said Kajato.

He stated that after two months of assessment, the viability of the project for commercial purposes will be known.

However, almost seven months after the announcement, the company is still said to be carrying analysis to establish commercial feasibility of the project.

Artumas Group Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Mason, was quoted last year as saying that the 25,000-square kilometre land position that the company is operating in the Ruvuma basin is recognized as a ’highly potential deltaic basin’ and gives Artumas substantial room to run in growing its resource base.

Artumas has also announced significant progress in power sales from its 12-megawatt Mtwara energy project increasing by 8.7 per cent over the second quarter average this year.

An ’arranger agreement’ with Dutch FMO was completed to facilitate the financing of Artumas planned 300MW integrated power project also in Mtwara Region.

FMO will act as arranger for two structured finance facilities for the power generation plant and the high-voltage transmission interconnect to the Tanzania grid, estimated at $225m and $400m respectively.

Other Tanzanians, however, say it is perhaps a blessing in disguise that commercial oil drilling has not started in the country because of the fear of the so-called ’oil curse.’
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Hii kitu nzuri,
Hiyo oil curse imekaaje hapo !?
 
haya sasa , mambo sio zanzibar ni tanganyika...!
watanganyika msiwabague wanzanzibar kwa hili ili MUngu awabariki zaidi, nao watambue kuwa they were wrong!
 
Watch your back said:
Mafuta ya Zanzibar ni ya wazanzibar au ya Watanganyika au ni ya Watanzania?

Kwanza kabisa nikiwa ni mzanzibar napenda kuwapa hongera wabunge wetu wa Baraza la bunge na la wawakilishi kwa kuonesha msimamo wao kujali hali na maslahi ya wazanzibar wenyewe. Haya yote yanathibitika katika vikavyo vya Bunge vilivyotokea hivi karibuni ndani ya Bunge Mjini Zanzibar. Pata video hapa chini uone wachangiaji hao na mchango wao akiwemo mshauri alietumwa kutoka Tanganyika:


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MSIMAMO NDIO HUU HUU tumechoka na kero za Muungano bandia
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Nyinyi watu mnashangaza kweli na ndoto zenu. Nafikiri muende mkafanye"home work" vizuri. Muelewe Nini Muungano, Nini Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Nini Katiba ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania na inasemaje- kuhusu Zanzibar, Serikali ya Mapindizi ya Zanzibar, Baraza la Wawakilishi na watu wa Zanzibar, na kwa nini haisemi chochote kuhusu Tanganyika (au Tanzania Bara) ambayo haipo hai? Mkielewa haya nafikiri hamtakuwa na muda wa kulumbana na vitu kama vile sijui mafuta ya Zanzibar, Zanzibar ni Nchi au si Nchi, sijui Rais wa Zanzibar awe Makamo wa Rais na pumba tele tu. Tafakarini mambo jamani kabla ya kuweka misimamo ya ghadhabu. Mimi ni Mzanzibari (Mtanzania halisi mwenye asili ya Zanzibar tena kindakindaki)
 
Kibunango said:
Safi sana hii...!
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Nafikiri ni safi. Tena unajua nini kindakindaki. Siyo wale wazanzibari wakuchonga wenye makelele mengi. Ni Mzanzibari- si wa kuja leo, jana au juzi. Bali asilia -yule ambaye mababu zake waliwakaribisha masarahangi wa Hassan bin Ali na jahazi lao wakitokea Kilwa, halafu wakashirikian nao kujenga Msikiti wa kale kule Kizimkazi.
 
OIl curse haijatulia yaani tuogope kuchimba mafuta bse of that!
Ila ni kweli yanaweza kutupata ya Nigeria viongozi wenyewe hawa wa kupenda 10% sometimes mpaka 40% kazi ipo.
 
Mheshimiwa Spika mimi nataka kujua maana juzi nimemsikia Waziri Mheshimiwa Malima akisema Zanzibar hakuna mafuta huku mheshimiwa waziri Mansoor anatakwambia mafuta yapo na sasa nataka kujua ukweli upo wapi" aliuliza Kombo ambaye ni Naibu Waziri wa Habari, Utamaduni na Michezo.

" Hao wanaosema hakuna mie nasema hakuna technology ya 100% lakini ninachoweza kusema ni kuwa uwezekano wa kuwepo mafuta Zanzibar upo na hilo tutalijua zaidi tukianza kuchimba sasa ikiwa tutapata kinibu, geloni au pipa hayo yatakuwa ni maumuzi ya wazanzibari kama mafuta kidogo tutajipaka na kama gesi kidogo basi tutanusa, kule Tundauwa Pemba mafuta yanakuja yenyewe " alisema Waziri Himid.

"Ninachoomba kwa sasa wajumbe mjiandae kuipokea ripoti ya mshauri mwelekezi na kumshauri mwelekezi atakapotoa ripoti yake ninaamini wajumbe wana ushauri mzuri na wa hoja nzuri sana tuna wataalamu wengi hapa tafiti zinaonesha kwamba upo uwezekano wa kupatikana kwa mafuta kwa mujibu wa mazingira ya jiografia ya bahari yetu" alisisitiza Waziri huyo aliekua akisema kwa kujiamini.

Aliwataka wajumbe wa baraza la wawakilishi kujiandaa na majadiliano hayo kwa kujenga misingi ya hoja katika suala hilo muhimu kwa maslahi ya taifa la Zanzibar na kizazi kijacho.

Wajumbe wa baraza la wawakilishi wa pande mbili za CCM na CUF walilingana kwa pamoja na kutaka suala la mafuta na gesi kuondoshwa katika orodha ya mambo ya muungano.
 
Jamani si wachimbe tu hayo mafuta na wayaoge!!!!! Kama hakuna tekinolojia ya kuthibitisha kwa asilimia 100 kuwa hakuna mafuta, mheshimiwa waziri ameitoa wapi tekinolojia inayoonyesha kwa asilimia 100 kuwa kuna mafuta (hata ya kupakaa) Zanzibar?
 
Sawa kabisa, kama yapo mafuta wachimbe wenyewe, sisi tutanunua kwa ukaribu kabisaa. Hakutakuwa na haya ya kwenda tena uajemi. Ila pia litafungua nafasi ya kujadili misingi bora na namna ya kuumba muungano wetu. Inabidi tufikie mahali kama Watanganyika na Wanzibar tuujadili muungano, na tutoe mapendekezo yetu. Tupewe nafasi ya kujadili hatma ya Tanzania yetu, lisiwe tu jukumu la wateule wa rais!
 
Haya maneno yanakuja hata ripoti ya mshauri elekezi aliyeteuliwa na pande zote mbili haijawekwa wazi. Itakapotoka hiyo ripoti sidhani kama patatosha. Naungana na Nono hii miungano isiyoshirikisha wananchi kuamua iweje ina matatizo yake. Ndio maana suala la ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki halitakiwi lifanyiwe pupa.
 
1. Kweli- mafuta nchi zingine imekuwa laana (Nigaria, Equatorial Guinea)...hope mafuta Vioswani (kama yapo) yasiwe laana pia!

2. Better invest in human resouces kwanza ktk elimu, IT, na good health care hii ni nzuri zaidi kuliko kutegemea mafuta!

Human resouces we can even export na kupata foreign currency!
 
Mzalendohalisi said:
1. Kweli- mafuta nchi zingine imekuwa laana (Nigaria, Equatorial Guinea)...hope mafuta Vioswani (kama yapo) yasiwe laana pia!

2. Better invest in human resouces kwanza ktk elimu, IT, na good health care hii ni nzuri zaidi kuliko kutegemea mafuta!

Human resouces we can even export na kupata foreign currency!
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Pamoja na kuwa tunaanza kubeza matamshi ya huyu mh. wa Zanzibar, lakini kuna ukweli ndani yake.Hebu tufikirie jinsi ambavyo taarifa mbalimbali za raslimali zetu nchini zinavyojulikana kwa wageni(hasa wazungu)wakati wazawa wakiwa hawana habari! Hivyo inawezekana kabisa serikali ya mapinduzi imeona mbali na tayari imejiweka sawa kwa kutumia jitihada binafsi ktk exploration kivyake pasipo kuhusisha muungano ambao mbali na mizengwe kila kitu kiko very slow na kila mtu anataka 10% wakati kazi haijakamilika.
Pia ifahamike kuwa wenzetu wazanzibar wana mtazamo wa kimaendeleo zaidi kwa sasa zaidi ya watendaji wa bara.Tusisahau kuwa kiwango cha ufisadi kilichoshamiri huku bara kule Zenji hakingevumiliwa wakati watu wanateseka kiasi hiki.Hivyo these guys want to streamline and mobilize their resources kisha wajue pa kutokea wakiiacha bara nyuma ikishangilia wababaishaji.
Wazanzibar wanapata mwamko sana wakiona nchi ndogo kama Burundi n.k. ambazo mbali ya kuwa ktk continuous ethnic wars siku za nyuma kwa sasa wanakimbia vibaya kiuchumi.Na wazanzibar wanataka kujaribu,hivyo tusiwabanie kwa kuogopa eti wakichomoka ktk muungano watatuaibisha wakituzidi ktk maendeleo!
Nawakilisha
 
Ndugu Mkwegi,
Nasikitika kuwa hukufanya "homework" yako vizuri. Swali la kujiuliza ni moja, Zanzbar wanauwezo (institutional and human capacity) wa kunufaika na mafuta waliyonayo (kama wanayo)? Do they even have people to monitor production? (Refer Mzalendo halisi above). Au ndiyo yale mambo ya elimu=madrasa, kazi = mkwezi.

Kama wakigundua wana mafuta, ni vyema wakatumia muda usiopungua miaka 10 (estimates) kujiandaa kunufaika na mafuta hayo. Otherwise, mafuta yatachimbwa na watabaki kukwea minazi.

I stand to be corrected.
 
Mpaka sasa,

Hakuna mtu ambaye ameshasema kwa uhakika Zanzibar haina mafuta. Zanzibar ina mafuta kama alivyosema huyo Mzanzibar huenda ya kupaka... Hata kwenye visima vingi vya gesi Tanzania bara vina mafuta lakini!!!!

"HAKUNA MAFUTA YA COMMERCIAL EXPLORATION"
 
Kibunango said:
Wakwezi wa minazi ni wanyamwezi na wamakonde... Hii ndio kazi yao wawapo Zenj
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Wee Kibunago,
Toka lini Wanyamwezi wakawa Wakwezi? Wa miembe sawa ila siyo Minazi. Jambo moja labda tu kukubali ni kuwa kuna Wanyamwezi wengi walilowea mikoa ya Pwani na Zanzibar. Wengine walibakia wakati wa biashara ya utumwa na leo hii ndugu zangu hao wanajiita Waarabu.
Wengine hata Zanzibar hawakufika, wakaishia mkoa wa Pwani/maeneo ya Bagamoyo na wakabadili jina la kabila na kujiita Wakwere. Ndiyo maana hawa ni watu pekee wa Pwani hatuna utani nao, maana ni WANETU.
Wazaramo ni Wagogo walioZARAMIA Pwani. Kwa maana hiyo, sijui hadi leo wenyeji hasa wa Dar es Salaam.
 
mafuta yapo tena ya commercial katika ukanda huu wa afrika mashariki, kwa sababu formation ya mafuta inayopatika arabia is the same kama hii ya hapa Tanzania ni ina same age kwa sababu zote ziliform wakati wa split ya Gondwana land,
kwa sababu kulikua hakuna upungufu sana wa mafuta duniani na kuzisaidia nchi za jangwani ziwe na njia ya kujikimu ilibidi wawekezaji wajikite sana Middle east, lakini sasa politics ya dunia imebadilika wawekezaji wanataka kutafuta source nyingine ya mafuta ambayo ni cheap na ikaonekana east afrika ndio kwa kuanzia,
na sasa haya mambo ya zamnzibar sio mambo madogo, hao jamaa wana data za uhakika kutoka kwa watafiti na mafuta yapo mengi especially pemba, tusubiri tuone.
 
Sikonge said:
Wee Kibunago,
Toka lini Wanyamwezi wakawa Wakwezi? Wa miembe sawa ila siyo Minazi. Jambo moja labda tu kukubali ni kuwa kuna Wanyamwezi wengi walilowea mikoa ya Pwani na Zanzibar. Wengine walibakia wakati wa biashara ya utumwa na leo hii ndugu zangu hao wanajiita Waarabu.
Wengine hata Zanzibar hawakufika, wakaishia mkoa wa Pwani/maeneo ya Bagamoyo na wakabadili jina la kabila na kujiita Wakwere. Ndiyo maana hawa ni watu pekee wa Pwani hatuna utani nao, maana ni WANETU.
Wazaramo ni Wagogo walioZARAMIA Pwani. Kwa maana hiyo, sijui hadi leo wenyeji hasa wa Dar es Salaam.
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Wasemaje wewe?

Kwamba Rais Kikwete ni mnyamwezi na kwamba ndio maana wazaramo wengine ni omba omba?

Hivi wakina Mwakanjuki wa Zanzibar asili yao ni wapi?

........ndiyohiyo
 
"mafuta yanatoka yenyewe pemba"...hapa ndo pana wasi wasi iwapo itakuwa kweli nahisi mafuta yatakuwa ya wapemba na sio ya wazanzibari wote, na hapo ndo tutajua kama mafuta ni laana au la?
 
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