The Comoros Archipelago
Islands that rise two miles from the ocean floor, roughly 100 miles off East Africa — a new deepwater frontier in oil and gas exploration.
Born of discoveries in Mozambique and Tanzania.
The Comoros islands rise two miles from the bottom of the ocean, roughly 100 miles off East Africa. They represent a new deepwater frontier in oil and gas exploration thanks to discoveries made over the last decade in Mozambique and Tanzania.
International oil companies Oxy, Eni, CNPC and ONGC — and later ExxonMobil and Total — together found more than a dozen giant gas fields there, with reserves of more than 200 Tcf, the equivalent of 33 billion barrels of oil. Yet very little actual oil has been discovered on the upper slope.
The Comoros sit between the Somali and Mozambique basins, at the heart of the Mozambique Channel. Colossal Energy holds Blocks 35, 36, & 39 in deepwater, outboard of the proven gas fairway. Regional schematic — not to precise scale.
The world’s largest gas finds of the past two decades.
This Mozambique Channel treasure trove contains more gas than the US offshore Gulf of Mexico or Nigeria — the largest gas discoveries anywhere in the past twenty years, made across three adjacent fairways.
Mozambique — Area 1
Mozambique — Area 4
Tanzania
Proven gas reserves in the Mozambique Channel
Barrels of oil equivalent
Giant gas fields discovered
Target for first LNG production
Development plans now underway target first liquefied natural gas production in 2026. The finish line is within sight — in plain view of the Comoros.