Bharat Petroleum Corporation’s (BPCL) wholly owned subsidiary, Bharat Petro Resources (BPRL) has informed that Anadarko Mocambique Area 1, the operator of the offshore Area 1 block in the Rovuma Basin, Mozambique, which successful appraised drilling activities in the Orca field estimates increase in the total recoverable resources in Offshore Area 1 to a range of 50 to 70-plus trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
In addition, the consortium continued to advance the Mozambique LNG project by adding incremental non-binding LNG off-take agreements.
The consortium members in the block are Anadarko Mocambique Area 1 (26.5%), BPRL Ventures Mozambique B.V. (10%), Beas Rovuma Energy Mozambique (10%), ONGC Videsh (10%), Cove Energy Mozambique Rovuma Offshore (8.5%) and Mitsui E&P Mozambique Area I (20%). The balance 15% is with Empressa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos E.P (ENH) the national oil company of Mozambique, who are carried through the exploration phase.
