A team from affiliate Gazprom Internationalhas returned from a working visit to Dar-es-Salaam, the country’s commercialcapital, and is now reviewing its options.

The high-level meeting involved executivesfrom the Russian’s international operations offshoot as well as local politicalfigures.

“The participants in the negotiationsexplained their interest in working together to develop the potential ofTanzania's offshore oil and gas fields, as well as its inland sites, includingLake Tanganyika,” Gazprom International said in a statement on its website.

“Taking