APPROVED FOR CIRCULATION

NEWS RELEASE
INDUSTRY RALLIES TO SUPPORT TANZANIA IN
BENEFITING
FROM POTENTIAL OIL AND GAS OPPORTUNITIES
Dar es Salaam Thursday January 28, 2016; Suppliers wishing to provide
services to the oil and gas industry in Tanzania are being offered a new route to
market their expertise to the worlds biggest operators, ahead of potential multibillion dollar project development opportunities in the country.
With up to 55 trillion cubic feet of naturwal gas reserves, Tanzania is being
viewed by many operators as an exciting new territory even at a time of
depressed oil prices.
As part of a proactive, long-term strategy, BG Tanzania, Statoil Tanzania AS and
Achilles a global supplier information firm have launched a common supplier
pre-qualification system in Tanzania which will be used as the preferred
mechanism to identify and select suppliers and service providers for
opportunities emerging in the country.
The consortium has agreed a single pre-qualification questionnaire with common
standards that suppliers must achieve to be considered for business
opportunities with the operators. In the first stage, oil and gas firms will invite
existing, in-country suppliers to provide required information on their business
position on areas such as health and safety, compliance, environment and Local
Content Development. This will feed into an accurate, up-to-date supplier
database.
With a clear picture of resourcing, skills and compliance levels in the region,
operators will be able to identify suitable suppliers, develop supply chain
capacity when needed, ensure the highest standards in business critical areas
and address requirements within Local Content Development sharing benefits
of contracts with local communities. Further, with a single registration, suppliers
can be considered for work with any buyer in the consortium.
Gareth Palmer, Regional Director, Middle East and Africa for Achilles, which works
on behalf of 200 oil and gas buying organisations across the globe to manage
supplier risks said: By implementing and using the same online system, BG and
Statoil are making it as easy as possible for local suppliers to gain a shop
window with operators before opportunities arise.
Derek Hudson, the President and Asset General Manager for BG East Africa said:
Supporting local content makes business sense; hence we are glad to provide
the initial investment needed to develop and establish this system in Tanzania
and the region. Through this system, we hope to identify, nurture and unleash
the potential to work with more Tanzanian producers and suppliers
Country Manager for Statoil Tanzania AS, ystein Michelsen said, We are
delighted to see the supplier database system is coming to fruition and that
suppliers and service providers in Tanzania will have an open and transparent
platform in which they could access the opportunities emerging from the sector.

We believe this collaboration will support growth of local companies and

contribute to the economy in Tanzania.
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Notes to Editors:
The Achilles supplier database system is also supported by the Tanzania
Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture Subcontracting and Partnership
Exchange (TCCIA - SPX) with support from the World Bank. This partnership will
help to develop the capacities of local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to
meet buyers. Also supporting are the Tanzania Petroleum Development
Company, the Tanzania Private Sector Foundation and the Contractors
Registration Board (CRB (TPSF) (TPDC).
About Achilles
Achilles creates and manages a global network of collaborative industry communities,
allowing trading partners to share high quality, structured, real-time data. Using cloudbased technology and industry expertise we act as an independent partner, providing
validated data and insightful analytics to enable buyers across a sector to identify and
manage risk and suppliers to increase market reach while increasing compliance and
minimising costs for the network as a whole.

About BG Group
BG Tanzania is the local business of BG Group, a global gas major. BG Group explore for,
develop, produce, market and ship natural gas and oil around the world.Our business is
founded on our distinctive capabilities of market knowledge and commercial agility;
exploration performance; a unique LNG business; and our ability to fast-track the
development of economic projects oil around the world. We are headquartered in the
United Kingdom and have operations in more than 20 countries, across five continents.
BG Group has a global workforce of more than 5 000 employees, with the majority based
outside the UK. For further information on BG Tanzania or BG Group visit:

http://www.bg-group.com
About Statoil
Statoil operates the Exploration Licence on Block 2 on behalf of Tanzania Petroleum
Development Corporation (TPDC) and has a 65% working interest. ExxonMobil
Exploration and Production Tanzania Limited hold the remaining 35%. During the
development phase after obtaining a Development Licence, TPDC has the right to
participate by acquiring 10% of the working interest from the Block 2 joint venture
partners. Statoil has been in Tanzania since 2007 after signing the Production Sharing
Agreement (PSA) with the government of Tanzania.
Statoil has completed a successful drilling programme that embarked in November 2011.
A total of 14 wells have been drilled and eight discoveries made of approximately 22 tcf
of gas in place. Four of these are classified as high impact discoveries, including the
Piri -1 discovery, which was the second largest gas discovery in the world in 2014. Statoil
is now focusing on evaluating data from the wells to enable it to mature new prospects
and progress the development project.

Media contact - Susie Carter, Global

Susie.carter@Achilles.com; 07788385330.

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