The ANP in early December 2019 approved the allocation to Petrobras by Repsol-Sinopec of its 11.11% of the BM-ES-21 Contract Block ES-M-414, in the deepwater Espirito Santos Basin. Petrobras now has 100% of the block. The deal has been pending ANP approval since June. The block from ANP Round 6 was awarded in 2004 and in 2011, Petrobras reported a natural gas discovery there in the post-salt with the 1BRSA983ESS, also known as Malombe, in 980m of water. Between 2009 and 2014, five wells other wells were drilled on the block but most of that acreage has been relinquished. The ANP in late March 2018 approved a request by Petrobras to delay the deadline for a commerciality declaration of the Malombe discovery (1BRSA983ESS) until November 2022 in Block ES-M-414. The reasoning of Petrobras when requesting the extension was very similar to the reasons given by Statoil when it recently was granted a five-year extension to complete exploration on the Campos Basin C-M-539 Block containing the Pao de Acucar, Seat and Gavea discoveries. Both companies cited portions of the concession contract which allow that a declaration of commerciality must wait for the creation of a natural gas market or the installation of transportation infrastructure. The Malombe gas discovery has been under evaluation since 2014. Prior to the granting of the extension, the contracts exploratory phase would have ended. The 1BRSA983ESS was suspended with gas shows in 2011 at a total depth of 3,025m. 
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