BG Group has completed another successful drill stem test in Block 1 offshore Tanzania, with initial results from the Mzia-2 well showing better than expected properties in the deeper Cretaceous reservoir.

The test on Mzia-2, the first done on a Cretaceous discovery in deep water off Tanzania, flowed at a maximum rate of 57 million standard cubic feet of natural gas per day, constrained by testing equipment.

Mzia-2 is four kilometres from the Mzia-1 discovery, in around 1620 metres of water and approximately 45 kilometres off the coast of southern Tanzania. It is approximately 22 kilometres to the north of the Jodari-1 discovery well, also in Block 1, where a successful drill stem test was completed in March on the shallower Tertiary reservoir.

BG Group Chief Executive Chris Finlayson said: "The successful Mzia-2 drill stem test follows completion of a multi-well appraisal programme earlier this year on the nearby Jodari field. Results from the current campaign demonstrate the excellent quality of our interests offshore Tanzania, where our resources, and those of other participants in the region, are helping support plans for a multi-train LNG export project.

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