The Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) promotes and monitors oil and gas exploration for its national government. It is also custodian of the country's E&P data assets. When the corporation was tasked with managing the fourth Tanzania Deep Offshore and North Lake Tanganyika licensing round, it needed a modern solution to help store and manage geological and geophysical data, as well as promote it to potential investors. 

The reprocessed 2D exploration data covered seven deepwater blocks, averaging 3,000 km² in up to 3,000 m of water depth, and the North Lake Tanganyika block offshore in the East African Rift system.

Knowledge transfer

The Schlumberger team then trained TPDC geoscientists on data management best practices and standards, as well as customization and investor presentation techniques. Guidance was also provided on user administration, repository creation, and roles and privileges, enabling TPDC to efficiently manage its exploration data.

Faster decision making

The new, centralized management of license-round data has led to faster decision making and increased efficiency for TPDC, reducing turnaround time to answer investor questions from days to just minutes. This allows TPDC to place more focus on license-round block analysis. An increase in the number of repeat visitors to the new data room has also been achieved. 

TPDC now has a specialized workflow for exploration data management, minimizing time spent on data gathering, manipulation, and presentation and visualization.