15Th Bidding Round News

 

Lebanon extends application date

Sep 12, 2017

The Lebanese Petroleum Administration (LPA) has extended the application deadline for pre-qualified companies submitting bids in Lebanon’s first offshore licensing round from 15 September to 12 October. The change was made at the request…

Turn the page

Aug 01, 2017

After years of turbulence fueled by scandal and debt woes, Brazil and its oil company Petrobras detailed how they intend to get back on the right track. Melissa Sustaita reports. Fernando Coelho Filho…

Brazil reveals 14th Round terms

Jul 20, 2017

Brazil’s National Petroleum Agency (ANP) has published the final bidding terms for the 14th Round of bids for oil and gas blocks set for 27 September.  Some of the blocks available in the 14th Round in the Sergipe-Alagoas area…

Petrobras to exercise pre-salt bidding rights

May 25, 2017

Petrobras is exercising its preferential right for the second and third bidding rounds for three areas in a move to maximize the value of its portfolio. Petrobras submitted its first formal statement to Brazil’s National Energy Policy…

Video: Lebanon offshore round deadline extended

Apr 13, 2017

Lebanon has extended the deadline for the results of the second pre-qualification round in the country’s first-ever offshore licensing round, to give companies more time to respond to requests from the Lebanese Petroleum Administration (LPA)…

India awards 31 small fields contracts, 8 offshore

Feb 17, 2017

India's government has awarded 31 contract areas as part of its Discovered Small Fields (DSF) bid round 2016, including eight offshore. A total of 134 bids were received for 34 contract areas. Of those, 22 companies (singly or in consortium) were shortlisted for 31 Contract Areas…

Lebanon launches first offshore round, finally

Jan 27, 2017

Offshore exploration could, finally, soon be on the agenda in Lebanon after the country's first offshore licensing round was opened.  Lebanon’s Energy Minister Cesar Abi Khalil announced on 26 January the opening and timetable for the round…

Brazil launches bid rounds for 2017

Dec 15, 2016

Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) held the 33rd Meeting of the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE), in which the approval of the guidelines for the 14th Round of Bids for blocks for the exploration and production of oil and natural…

Mexico reveals prequalified bidders for deepwater round

Nov 29, 2016

Mexico’s Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) has revealed a long list of individual international oil and gas companies, in addition to consortia, that have been prequalified for the country’s highly anticipated deepwater round set for next week…

Winners named for C-NLOPB bid round

Nov 10, 2016

The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) received nearly US$563 million (CAD $758 million) in work commitments in its latest deepwater bid round for the East Newfoundland and Jeanne d’Arc regions, offshore the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador areas…

Australia reveals 2016 offshore acreage

Aug 11, 2016

The Australian government is offering 28 exploration areas in its 2016 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release. Map from Australia government.  The acreage comprises 28…

Equatorial Guinea launches EG Ronda 2016

Jun 06, 2016

Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy (MMIE) has launched the country’s latest licensing round, EG Ronda 2016, that offers 32 blocks offshore West Africa. Image of Minister of Mines…

India to open bid round

May 24, 2016

The government of India is launching a small field bidding round this week that consists of 67 discovered small fields in 46 shallow water, deepwater, and onshore contract areas. The Discovered Small Field Bidding Round – 2016 will be launched tomorrow…

Eni to drill off Mexico

Dec 01, 2015

Italian explorer Eni has announced it will begin an exploratory drilling campaign at its three fields in the Bay of Campeche offshore Mexico. Eni representatives were in Mexico City on 30 November to sign a new production sharing contract…

Brazil's 13th round flops

Oct 08, 2015

Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum (ANP) held the 13th Bidding Round for exploratory blocks yesterday (7 October) that almost mirrored Mexico’s Round One, in that the ANP was only able to sell 37 out of the 266 blocks offered. Brazil's 13th round…

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