Tanzania: Mabanga goes back to court

In a case that could unsettle deep-water gas investors – if Tanzanian courts prove more willing to give it time than other jurisdictions have been – South African businessman Moto Mabanga has brought a case to the Tanzanian High Court’s Commercial Division to pursue a claim that he was muscled out of three offshore gas blocks by his former partners BG (now owned by Royal Dutch Shell), Ophir Energy and Pavilion Energy.