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Friday, June 20, 2014
Partners on Block 2 offshore Tanzania have another discovery to celebrate with the drilling of the Piri prospect. Statoil and ExxonMobil have made their sixth discovery on Block 2 with the drilling of the Piri-1 well, brining their natural gas volumes in–place to approximately 20 Tcf.
“Since 2012 we have had a 100% success rate in Tanzania and the area has become a core exploration area in a very short period of time. We quickly went from drilling one well to a multi-well program, and with Piri-1 we are continuing the success,” Nick Maden, senior VP for Statoil’s exploration activities in the Western Hemisphere said.
The new gas discovery was made in the same Lower Cretaceous sandstones as the gas discovery in the Zafarani-1 well drilled by the partners in 2012. The Piri-1 well was preceded by the high-impact gas discoveries Zafarani-1, Lavani-1, Tangawizi-1, Mronge-1, and the Lavani-2.
Piri-1 was drilled by the drillship Discoverer Americas two km southwest of the Lavani-1 well at 2,360-meter water depth. The drilling rig has now moved locations and is currently drilling the Binzari Prospect in Block 2.
“Additional prospectivity has been mapped and will be tested throughout 2014 and 2015. We expect to drill several additional exploration and appraisal wells and hope that the results from these wells will continue to add gas volumes for a future large-scale gas infrastructure development,” says Maden.
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