Brazil’s state run oil and gas company Petrobras has acquired the most blocks offered in the 11th Bid Round held by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). Petrobras bought, whether on its own or in partnerships, 34 of the 289 blocks offered in the bid. It also secured, in its technicians’ opinions, the blocks with the [...]
Fastnet Oil & Gas plc announced that it has been notified by the Petroleum Affairs Division of the Irish Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources that it has been awarded a licensing option of part blocks 49/7, 49/8, 49/9, 49/12 and 49/13 in the North Celtic Sea, offshore Ireland. The Licensing Option commences from [...]
Fairfield Energy has announced that the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change have offered the Company licences in the initial tranche of awards in the UKCS 27th Offshore Licensing Round, announced on 25th October. The licences offered are over Blocks 3/2b, 211/23e, 211/23f in the Northern North Sea and Block 43/28 in the Southern [...]
UK oil and gas investment looks set to flourish after the Government announces winners of the record breaking 27th Licensing Round. A total of 167 new licenses have been offered by DECC covering 330 North Sea blocks – with a further 61 blocks under environmental assessment. Interest in the North Sea from investors is at [...]
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A total of 86 blocks have been put on offer in Norway’s 22nd offshore licensing round. These include 72 in North Energy’s back yard, the Barents Sea. With eight licences already in this part of the Norwegian continental shelf and its head office in Finnmark county, the North Energy ASA is well positioned to explore the [...]
Fastnet, the newly listed E&P company focussed on near term exploration acreage in the Celtic Sea and Africa, was notified on 11 June 2012 by the Petroleum Affairs Division of the Irish Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (“PAD”) that it has been awarded licensing options (“Licensing Options”) over block 50/26 and part blocks [...]
The latest North Sea licensing round for oil and gas drilling has broken all previous records for the number of applications received by the Government. A total of 224 applications have been submitted for the 27th Licensing Round covering 418 blocks of the UK Continental Shelf. It is the largest number since offshore licensing began [...]
The National Energy Authority Iceland announces that it has received three applications in the second licensing round for exploration and production of hydrocarbons on the Icelandic continental shelf. The companies that have submitted the applications are: Eykon (unregistered Icelandic company); Faroe Petroleum and Íslenskt kolvetni ehf.;Valiant Petroleum and Kolvetni ehf The National Energy Authority (NEA) [...]
Tanzania plans to invite oil operators to bid for 16 new offshore blocks under its licensing round scheduled for September 2012, Reuters reports. According to Reuters, Dr. Meshack Kagya, Principal Petroleum Geochemist at Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation, told at an energy conference in Nairobi, Kenya, that more details on the Tanzanian offshore licensing round would [...]
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received proposals from 37 companies regarding blocks which the companies wish to see included in the 22nd licensing round. A total of 228 blocks and partial blocks have been nominated in the 22nd licensing round, 107 of which were nominated by two or more companies. Some 181 blocks [...]
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