ExxonMobil in Tanzania

ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Tanzania Limited (EMEPTL) is a fully owned subsidiary of ExxonMobil with a 35 per cent working interest in Block 2 deep Sea water prospect offshore Tanzania which is operated by Statoil Tanzania with a 65 per cent working interest.

Discoveries in Tanzania
EMEPTL and its partner have completed four natural gas discoveries to date with a total resource in-place of 17-20 Tcf. The discoveries are in a water depth of 2,500 metres. Statoil and ExxonMobil Corp. have announced a fifth gas discovery in Block 2 offshore Tanzania. The discovery is of between 2 and 3 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas in place in the Mronge-1 well. Statoil and ExxonMobil have made another big gas discovery off Tanzania and plan a drilling campaign over the next two years, lifting Tanzania’s hope of becoming a major gas exporter. The firms found 2-3 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas in place, or 360-540 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe). Offshore energy reported that Statoil and ExxonMobil made another high impact gas discovery offshore Tanzania. The discovery in the Piri prospect was Statoil and co-venturer ExxonMobil’s sixth discovery and the fifth high-impact discovery in Block 2 offshore Tanzania. The discovery of additional 2 to 3 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas in place in Piri-1 brought the total of in-place volumes up to approximately 20 Tcf in Block 2. Piri-1, drilled by the Discoverer Americas drill ship, is 2km southwest of the Lavani-1 well in 2,360m of water. Discoverer Americas is now drilling the Binzari prospect on Block 2. In 2012 and 2013, ExxonMobil and Statoil made the significant Zafarani, Lavani, Tangawizi and Mronge discoveries in Block 2, which covers an area of approximately 5,500 square km and lies in water depths of between 1,500 to 3,000 metres. The discoveries have proved 17-20Tcf of in-place volumes and mark an important step towards a possible natural gas development in Tanzania.

Community Affairs and Environment
ExxonMobil in collaboration with Statoil seeks to apply both Tanzania and international best practice in anticipating, avoiding and mitigating effects on the people and environment that may be associated with the development. Since 2011, four women from Tanzania have graduated from the Global Women in Management programme, which is supported by ExxonMobil. Other programmes include kickstart and solar sister (to be introduced in the country from Uganda), grass root soccer (founded in 2002), anti-malaria, seed global programme, global health corps and ExxonMobil Global Health Scholarship.

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