Licensing round July update
The industry's most comprehensive list of current and recent rounds for onshore and offshore licences
Planned rounds The opening of Australia’s 2022 Offshore Petroleum Acreage Release is uncertain due to the planning process being suspended because of the recent federal election. No further details are available. Open Gambia’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has extended the closing date for its 2022 licensing round for offshore block A1 by three months after receiving requests. The round opened on 7 February 2022 and will now close on 6 September 2022. “Norway remains a safe and predictable supplier of oil and gas to Europe” Aasland, Norwegian energy minister Lebanon’s energy minister, Walid Fayad, has extended the closing date for the country’s much-delayed second offshore licensi
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