The Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar and Ministry of Blue Economy and Fisheries has this day on the 20th March, successfully launched Zanzibar’s 1st Licensing Round, which invites bids for 8 blocks totalling 31,883 km². His Excellency, the President of Zanzibar and the Chairman of Revolutionary Council Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, officially opened the Licensing Round with […]

The Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) has kicked off the 2024 Bangladesh Offshore Bid Round. It is the first bid round since 2012 to offer offshore acreage, comprising fifteen deep water and nine shallow water blocks. TGS, a leading provider of energy data and intelligence, in partnership with SLB and Petrobangla, has acquired […]

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas the oil and gas exploration company focused on the offshore Atlantic Margins in South Africa, Namibia, and Guyana, is pleased to announce it has signed a Farm out Agreement (FOA) pursuant to which Azinam Limited its wholly owned subsidiary, will farm out a 13.75% Participating Interest in Block 3B/4B,offshore the Republic of South Africa as part of an aggregate […]

Staatsolie Hydrocarbon Institute N.V. (SHI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V., is pleased to announce a round of competitive bidding for eleven new blocks offshore Suriname. The blocks are located in the nearshore to shallow offshore areas, in water depths up to 150 meters, located south of the deepwater discoveries and north […]

Fig WC1: WCAT study area indicated on PDSL (Petroleum Directorate Sierra Leone) base map. The 2500 metre bathymetric contour is in purple. The 20 Blocks covered are : 72, 73, 91, 92, 110, 111, 112, 128, 129, 132, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 162, 163, 164. Full blocks are ~ 1360 sq kms each. […]

Block 11B/12B is located in the Outeniqua Basin approximately 175 kilometers off the southern coast of South Africa. The block covers an area of 18,734 square kilometers with water depths ranging from 200 meters in the north to 1,800 meters in the south. The Lower Cretaceous Post-rift Paddavissie Fairway, which contains the recent Luiperd and […]