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Statoil makes another high-impact gas discovery offshore Tanzania

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Statoil reports another high-impact gas discovery offshore Tanzania; the discovery in the Piri prospect is Statoil’s and co-venturer ExxonMobil’s sixth discovery and the fifth high-impact discovery in Block 2 offshore Tanzania. The well location is two kilometres southwest of the Lavani-1 well at 2,360-meter water depth.

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Statoil announces another high-impact natural gas discovery offshore Tanzania

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Statoil announced its fifth discovery in Block 2 offshore Tanzania. miles) north of the Zafarani discovery, and at a water depth of 2,500 meters (8,202 feet). miles) north of the Zafarani discovery, and at a water depth of 2,500 meters (8,202 feet). 1 Tcf gas = 180 million barrels of oil equivalent.).

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Statoil makes third gas discovery in deepwater offshore Tanzania

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Statoil’s Lavani-2 exploration and appraisal well has resulted in a new natural gas discovery offshore Tanzania. The Lavani-2 well was drilled to a total depth of 5,270 meters (17,290 ft) in water depths of 2,580 meters (8,465 ft). Statoil has been in Tanzania since 2007, when it was awarded the licence for Block 2.

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Statoil and ExxonMobil report another large-impact gas discovery in deepwater offshore Tanzania

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Statoil and partner ExxonMobil report a large gas discovery (Lavani) in the Statoil-operated Block 2 licence offshore Tanzania. This is the second large offshore Tanzania discovery (Zafarani) reported by the partners. The results so far mark an important step towards a possible natural gas development in Tanzania.

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Statoil and ExxonMobil announce large deepwater gas discovery offshore Tanzania

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Statoil and partner ExxonMobil have made a large gas discovery offshore Tanzania. Statoil announced on 17 February that the partnership had encountered indications of natural gas in the Zafarani exploration well in the Block 2 licence offshore Tanzania. —Tim Dodson, executive vice president for Exploration in Statoil.

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Flooding in a Kenyan Natural Reserve Forces Tourist Evacuation

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Others fled through the water. There is water everywhere.” The Telek River lies across the “ Great Migration ” route from the Serengeti in Tanzania to the Masai Mara, and from July to October, over a million wildebeests and zebras cross over — an event that attracts thousands of tourists from all over the world.

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TUM, partners to present electric aCar prototype at IAA; transport for sub-Saharan Africa

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to set up a mobile physician’s office or a water treatment station. To make sure the idea of the aCar becomes more than just an idea and actually makes it to series production, Sascha Koberstaedt and Martin Šoltés have founded the company “Evum Motors GmbH”. Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) Tanzania.

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