据路透社6月7日达累斯萨拉姆报道,东非国家坦桑尼亚能源和矿业部长乔治·辛巴查维纳日前在向议会发表演讲时说,在本国南部海岸以外海域接连获得新的深海发现以后,坦桑尼亚目前的天然气储量已经增加到了大约55万亿立方英尺。
在乌干达、坦桑尼亚和莫桑比克先后获得大量的原油和天然气发现以后,东非已成为全球油气勘探的新热点。
坦桑尼亚能源部长说,因为勘探活动一直持续进行,在坦桑尼亚境内发现的天然气储量已从2014年6月的46.5万亿立方英尺增加到2015年4月的55.08万亿立方英尺,相当于增加了18%。
据悉,坦桑尼亚去年10月份曾把本国可采天然气储量估计数提高到了53.2万亿立方英尺。
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原文如下:
Tanzania Lifts Gas Resources Estimate to 55 Tcf
DAR ES SALAAM, June 7 (Reuters) - Tanzania's current natural gas reserves are at about 55 trillion cubic feet (tcf) following new deep sea discoveries off its southern coast, the east African nation's energy minister said.
East Africa is a new hotspot in hydrocarbon exploration after substantial deposits of crude oil were found in Uganda and major gas reserves discovered in Tanzania and Mozambique.
"As a result of ongoing exploration activity, natural gas resources discovered in the country rose from 46.5 tcf in June 2014 to 55.08 tcf in April 2015, equivalent to an increase of 18 percent," George Simbachawene, Tanzania's energy and minerals minister, said in a presentation to parliament on Saturday.
Tanzania in October raised its estimate of recoverable natural gas resources to up to 53.2 tcf.