Zanzibar has launched its first licensing round, inviting bids for eight blocks offshore the insular semi-autonomous region of Tanzania.The Ministry of Blue Economy and Fisheries has on March 20, 2024, invited bids for the blocks spanning 31,883 km² offshore to the east of the Unguja and Pemba Islands.The blocks, situated within water depths between 500 and 3,000 meters, represent a large frontier area and form part of a five-year exploration road map…
Indonesia is looking to offer more oil and gas blocks in North Sumatra basin this year following a major discovery by Mubadala Energy in a bid to accelerate gas production, a senior energy ministry official said on Tuesday.The energy ministry…
Malaysia’s Petronas has awarded Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) for six exploration blocks and one Discovered Resource Opportunities (DRO) cluster under the Malaysia Bid Round 2023.The awards are expected to garner more than $275 million (RM 1…
The three-well infill drilling campaign at Equatorial Guinea’s offshore Block G – operated by Trident Energy, with partners Panoro, Kosmos Energy and GEPetrol – has started, using the Island Innovator semi-submersible drilling rig.The first…
Malaysian oil company Petronas has signed production sharing contracts for Suriname’s offshore Blocks 64 and 64 with the country’s state-owned Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname.Petronas Suriname E&P won the blocks, located in the Guyana-Suriname Basin…
Indonesia has approved a $238.71 million development plan for steamflood enhanced oil recovery in the Rokan block, the country's upstream oil and gas regulator SKK Migas said. The first development phase of the Rantaubais field in Rokan block…
QatarEnergy confirmed Wednesday it had won a new exploration block offshore Egypt as part of the 2022 EGAS International Bid Round.The results of the competitive bid process were announced by Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources…
U.S. oil producers ExxonMobil and Hess Corp have withdrawn from exploring the Kaieteur block in Guyana’s deepwaters, Exxon said on Thursday, after disappointing exploration results.The exit comes as the producers focus on their larger and highly productive Stabroek block…
Energy companies Chevron and Repsol decided to quit offshore oil and gas exploration areas in Mexico, the regulator for the sector said on Thursday, joining more than a dozen other companies after disappointing results.Both had won the blocks in the Gulf of Mexico in a tender process…
INPEX has established a new company INPEX Cash Maple and acquired 74% of the participating interest held by PTTEP Australasia in the AC/RL7 block offshore from Western Australia.TotalEnergies Exploration Australia, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies…
Africa-focused oil and gas company oil and gas company Afentra has agreed to buy stakes in two offshore blocks in Angola from Azule Energy Angola Production, an Angolan JV company formed in 2022 by Eni and BP.Afentra will acquire a 12% interest in Block 3/05 and a 16% interest in Block 3/05A…
Oil and gas company Panoro Energy has been awarded a 56 percent stake in and operatorship of Block EG-01, located offshore Equatorial Guinea. Partners in the block will be Kosmos Energy and GEPetrol.Block EG-01 borders both Block G where Panoro has a 14…
Uruguay's state oil company ANCAP has awarded two offshore blocks to Argentina's YPF and a consortium between Shell and APA (ex-Apache). Shell and APA Corporation won the rights to Area OFF-4, where the consortium has committed to conducting 3D seismic acquisition…
Indonesia's energy ministry launched a bidding round on four oil and gas blocks on Wednesday, as the country seek more investments in its upstream oil and gas sector, the ministry said in a statement.Southeast Asia's biggest economy set a target…
German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has agreed to acquire a 37% non-operated participating interest in the Hokchi Block, offshore Mexico, from Hokchi Energy, a subsidiary of Pan American Energy.Wintershall Dea will have an option to…
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