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Senegal Offers Two Blocks

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Senegal’s state-run oil and gas firm, Petrosen, announced that a licensing round for two blocks has been launched. The licensing round coversthe Senegal Offshore South and Deep Offshore Senegal blocks.

Oil and gas companies have been invited to send their applications to the Senegalese Ministry of Petroleum of Energy and have until October 31to submit them. It should be noted that one of these blocks, the Senegal Offshore South block,is the subject of a dispute between the government and African Petroleum.

“In the oil code that we are drafting and which we have adopted, this is what we have will take on as a step forward – and that is to say that the blocks will be assigned by tender,” said President Sall, according to a report by Agence de Presse Sengalese.

In addition to the invitation to bid on the two blocks, the country plans to offer up a bid round for 10 blocks in Q1 or Q2 2019.


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