Global announcements and developments June
The industry's most comprehensive list of current and recent rounds for onshore and offshore licences
Planned rounds Angola’s National Agency of Oil, Gas and Biofuels has announced the onshore Congo and Kwanza Basins will open for bidding this year. The data package for the blocks to be offered is available but, due to constraints from the Covid-19 pandemic, no timeline was announced. Canada’s minister of energy & mines and its minister of natural resources jointly postponed Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board’s (C-NSOPB’s) call for bids for the NS20-1 licensing round. No further details were available. Nigeria has given approval for the 2020 Marginal Field Bid Round. The Department of Petroleum Resources is offering 52 fields previously held by the majors, along with an additional four
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