Block 2

=Overview= The exploration licence on Block 2 is operated by Statoil on behalf of the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) with a 65% working interest. ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Tanzania Limited hold the remaining 35%. The block is located in the Mafia Deep Basin offshore from the Rovuma and Rufiji deltas in Mtwara region in southern Tanzania. The block covers an area of 11,099 square kilometres and has water depths of up to 3,000 metres. The total of in-place volumes is approximately 21 TCF of natural gas.

=Chronology=
 * At the end of the Third Licensing Round in 2005, Block 2 was awarded to Statoil.


 * On 18 April 2007, Statoil signed a Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with the Tanzania government and the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC).


 * In March 2010, Statoil and ExxonMobil announced that they had signed an agreement to transfer 35% of Statoil’s interest in Block 2 to ExxonMobil.
 * In February 2012, it was announced that the partnership made a high impact discovery in the Zafarani exploration well, providing up to 5 TCF of the gas in-place.


 * In June 2012, Statoil and ExxonMobil announced that they made a second high impact discovery in Block 2. The discovery was made in the Lavani well with a preliminary resource estimate of 3 TCF of gas in-place. The Lavani well is located 16 km south of the Zafarani well.


 * In December 2012, the partnership announced the third discovery in the block. The discovery in Lavani-2 well successfully appraised the Lavani-1 discovery reservoir. The Lavani-2 well is located about 5 km southeast of the Lavani-1 discovery and 20 km south of the Zafarani-1 well.


 * In March 2013, the discovery of 4-6 TCF of natural gas in-place in the Tangawizi-1 well was announced. This discovery brought the total in-place volumes in Block 2 to 15-17 TCF.


 * In December 2013, the partners announced the discovery of an additional 2-3 trillion TCF of natural gas in-place in the Mronge-1 well that brought the total of in-place volumes to 17-20 TCF in the block.


 * In March 2014, Statoil and ExxonMobil announced the positive results from their first drill stem test in the block.


 * In June 2014, the discovery of an additional 2-3 TCF of natural gas in-place in the Piri-1 well that brought the total of in-place volumes to about 20 TCF in the block was announced.


 * In October 2014, the partnership announced the seventh discovery in the block. The discovery of about 1.2 TCF was made in the Giligiliani-1 well and brought the total of in-place volumes to about 21 TCF.


 * On 30th March 2015, Statoil announced an eight discovery of an additional 1.0-1.8 trillion cubic feet (tfc) of natural gas in Block 2. The discovery in the Mdalasini-1 well, brings the total volumes of natural gas to 22tcf in the block.



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