Licensing round March update
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Open rounds Gambia’s Ministry of Petroleum & Energy has launched its 2022 licensing round for offshore block A1. The block was initially granted to BP in 2019, following the 2018 licensing round, but was relinquished in August 2021 when the major exited after performing the minimum required work obligations and paying $29.3mn not to drill an exploration well. “The government wishes to seize this opportunity to thank BP for their strong collaboration during the past two years and their excellent technical work on the block. We are excited to open our doors again to the international oil community and look forward to working with a new partner in block A1,” says Fafa Sanyang, minister of p
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