{"id":5059,"date":"2016-08-18T11:49:49","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T11:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=5059"},"modified":"2017-01-24T20:03:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T20:03:16","slug":"aminex-receives-first-payment-for-gas-produced-from-tanzanias-kiliwani-north-1-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/aminex-receives-first-payment-for-gas-produced-from-tanzanias-kiliwani-north-1-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Aminex receives first payment for gas produced from Tanzania&#8217;s Kiliwani North-1 Well"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kiliwani North license operator Aminex has announced that it has received first payment in relation to gas produced from the Kiliwani North-1 well in Tanzania and supplied to the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation.<\/p>\n<p>Gas produced was paid in $US and in accordance with the Company\u2019s Gas Sales Agreement (GSA) with TPDC.<\/p>\n<p>Aminex adds that it continues to work with TPDC during the current commissioning period to achieve an optimal rate and during this phase is being paid for all gas produced.<\/p>\n<p>According to joint venture partner Solo Oil it expects to receive $150,000 monthly at a production rate of 25 million cubic feet per day although <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2bKIUFL\">production<\/a> is currently much higher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSolo is delighted that the first payment for gas from the Kiliwani North field has been made with minimal delay. \u00a0Whilst the first payment is quite small, reflecting initial commissioning rates, \u200e we are pleased that an income stream has now commenced,\u201d says Solo Chairman Neil Ritson<\/p>\n<p>The partners expect larger future payments that will create an underlying cash flow from operations that will support JV ongoing investments.<\/p>\n<p>KN-1 well\u00a0which gas\u00a0production commenced\u00a0in <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2bkO5r6\">April <\/a>2016 is processed at the new Songo Songo Island Gas Processing Plant and transported through the 24-inch spur <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2aYT0C3\">line<\/a> into the main 532km 36-inch pipeline which provides gas to Dar es Salaam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kiliwani North license operator Aminex has announced that it has received first payment in relation to gas produced from the Kiliwani North-1 well in Tanzania and supplied to the Tanzania &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/aminex-receives-first-payment-for-gas-produced-from-tanzanias-kiliwani-north-1-well\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":4803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[137,961,1323,4994,2342,4623,2472,2543],"class_list":["post-5059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-aminex","tag-gas-sales-agreement","tag-kiliwani-north-field","tag-kn1-well","tag-solo-oil","tag-songo-songo-island-gas-processing-plant","tag-tanzania-petroleum-development-corporation","tag-tpdc","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/kiliwani-north-well.png?fit=525%2C519&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-1jB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3873,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tpdc-to-acquire-5-interest-in-the-kiliwani-north-license\/","url_meta":{"origin":5059,"position":0},"title":"TPDC to acquire 5% interest in the Kiliwani North License","author":"","date":"October 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Aminex has said that the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) has notified the Company of its intention to acquire a 5% working interest in the Kiliwani North Development (KNDL) and will become a full working interest partner going forward. 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Aminex which concluded the final well integrity testing of the Kiliwani\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top News","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/top-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/kiliwani-north-1-well.png?fit=493%2C556&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4802,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tanzanias-kiliwani-north-well-reaches-30-mmcf-per-day-during-commissioning\/","url_meta":{"origin":5059,"position":3},"title":"Tanzania\u2019s Kiliwani North well reaches 30 mmcf per day during commissioning","author":"","date":"July 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Aminex has announced that over the weekend, gas production from the Kiliwani North-1 well in Tanzania reached 30 mmcf per day (approximately 5,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day) with stable pressure recordings at that rate. 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