East Africa Rift valley countries are home of Gas and Oil exploration.

 

 Tanzania is among the three countries  that traversed by a very spectacular Physiographic structure known as the East African Rift Valley which is part of the Great Rift Valley, a 6,000 km long trench stretching from northern Syria to central Mozambique. The story of opening of the valley dating back from 30millions year ago
In eastern Africa, the valley divides into two limbs that are the Western Rift Valley which

starts from giant arc of Uganda and passed Ruanda, Burundi to Tanzania and the eastern Rift Valley started from Ethiopia, Kenya to Tanzania.
 All of the African Great Lakes were formed as the result of the rift, and most lie within its rift valley. Eastern arm it joins the western arm form the Nyasa Rift Lake which enters into the Indian Ocean in Mid Mozambique.

As far as concern oil and gas formation associated with Basins, all three countries that traversed by EARV are surrounded by unexplored basins. In Tanzania East African rift valley associated with many basins, includes Lakes Natron, Manyara, Eyasi, Balangda, Tanganyika, Rukwa and Nyasa. Other Basins which have seasonal water include: Bahi, Manyoni Itigi, Wembere-Manonga, Hombolo, Mikumi-Mkata, Kilombero, Kilosa, Usangu Ruaha and Malagarasi. Some of these basins are in advanced stage of oil and gas exploration by different foreign company with partnership with government and have shown good result of discovery.

In recently year oil and gas exploration in East African rift valley increasingly and lead to oil discovery both in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. But Uganda is the leading east Africa country with 6.5billion barrel reserve of crude oil in which is now in development stage scheduled for production with Tullow Oil Company and partners in 2018/2019. The oil from Uganda discovered in Albertine rift valley basin put the country at 32 number of oil proven reserve in world.

 In other side of Kenya, oil exploration project in EARV basins LIKE Lamu, Anza, Mandera and Tertiary basins result to 776Million barrels discovery by Canadian African Oil in Likichar sub-basin.

However richest the area but innovation for sand oil production technology in American continents, conflicts between OPEC countries caused failure for oil production curb  among them self and policy instability in the region is remained as a drawbacks for the oil and gas upstream  projects. Political instability played a big role in delay.

This includes socialism perspective in East African country at the early independent period in which the region focused in nationalization of natural resources but from 2000 to 2014 the region started to attract Oil and Gas explorations. However the innovation of technology for sand Oil production made the capital run away again.

Sand oil production innovation technology turns the oil and gas industry upside down by increasing the major oil producer countries that are outside of OPEC, where by Venezuela and Canada with big proven reserve of Oil sand and ones of the first 10 top ten country that are in 2016  according International Energy Agency(IEA).

Currently data from 96Million barrels are consumed per day and make total of 35billion barrels consumed per years. By this data only 10 country reserves is enough to supply to the world oil demand for 43coming years if their reserve will remain an economical.

New disaster coming to Oil industry as next 30 years expect to be the age of electrical car and renewable energy, will drop down tremendous demand for oil in world market. East African countries have to softened their laws and stabilize the policy to open the region into Oil and Gas economy before it is too late.