Tanzania aims to launch its fifth oil and gas licensing round by the end of 2023 in a move designed to revive interest in its largely dormant exploration and productoon sector.

After a blitz of offshore exploration, largely by Shell and Equinor, in the years to 2018, the focus point of the few oil companies that remain in Tanzania has centred on infill wells or improving existing well stock on coastal gas fields such as Mnazi Bay, Songo Songo and Kiliwani North.