On 27 August 2019, as part of an announcement related to Total and Qatar Petroleum signing agreements to strengthen partnerships, Total E&P Namibia B.V. (Total) will transfer a 30% interest in PEL 56 (Block 2913B) and 28.33% interest in PEL 91 (Block 2912) to Qatar Petroleum.    Block 2913B: the 8,252 sq km Orange      Sub-basin block is located to the west of Shellâs Blocks 2913A, 2914B (PEL      039). Water depths across the acreage range from rough 2,500 m in the      north east to more than 3,400 m in the south west. Total plans to drill      its first Namibian exploration well within the block in 2020, targeting      the Venus prospect.      Subject to government approval the       interest in the block will be Total with a 40% interest. Partners are Qatar       Petroleum with a 30% stake, Impact Oil and Gas via its wholly owned       subsidiary Impact Oil and Gas Namibia (Pty) Ltd. (Impact) with a 20%       stake and NAMCOR with the reaming 10% interest.Â         Block 2912: the 7,900 sq km Orange      Sub-basin block is located adjacent to the west of Block 2913B. Water      depth range between 3,000 m and 4,000 m.     Subject to government approval Total       will operate the block with a 37.78% interest, Qatar Petroleum holds a       28.33 % stake, Impact holds an 18.89% stake and NAMCOR holds the       remaining 15% interest.
Total is farming out to Qatar Petroleum a 30% interest in block 2913B (8,251 sq km, Total op, drilling planned in 2020), and 28.33% in block 2912 (7,841 sq km, Total op), deepwater Orange Basin. 