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Mexico's bleak Round One ends

Jul 15, 2015

Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) opened the first public tender process early this morning (15 July) in the country's historic and disappointing Round One that offered Mexico's upstream opportunities to international companies for the first time in decades…

US GoM lease sale attracts US$533 million in bids

Jun 22, 2015

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) completed its required evaluation of bids to ensure that the public receives fair market value for tracts leased as part of the Gulf of Mexico Central Planning Area Oil and Gas Lease Sale 235.…

Albania seeking bids for oil, gas

May 19, 2015

In June, Albania plans to offer seven offshore and onshore blocks for oil and gas exploration. Albania began preparing the bids in 2014 after a yet-inconclusive but possibly significant discovery by a venture between Shell and Petromanas in southern Albania…

CERAWeek: Mexico open for business

Apr 21, 2015

For the first time in decades, Mexico’s upstream business is accessible to foreign companies. A panel of experts discussed the implications at this week's CERAWeek conference in Houston and found that, with three bidding rounds planned and data rooms open for scrutinizing…

GlobalData: Mexico’s first bidding round struggles

Apr 15, 2015

While the latest revisions to the terms for shallow water areas in Mexico’s first licensing round have increased the attractiveness of the production sharing agreement terms by improving the contractor’s upside potential, the benefits remain…

On your marks, get set, wait…

Apr 09, 2015

As Mexico’s energy industry slowly opens up to outside investment, the country’s industry is assured to look very different in the future from today. GlobalData’s Adrian Lara and Will Scargill examine the details. Pemex has had a monopoly…

GoM lease sale reaches US$538 million

Mar 18, 2015

A total of 42 offshore companies showed up to the Central Gulf of Mexico (GoM) Lease Sale 235 that drew in more than US$538 million in high bids for exploration and development in the area. Gulf of Mexico map…

Largest offshore Newfoundland bid accepted

Dec 16, 2014

Newfoundland and Labrador’s latest exploration licensing round has resulted in a $559 million bid led by ExxonMobil – the largest bid in the province’s history for a single parcel.  ExxonMobil bid as part of a consortium with Canada’s…

Mexico opens Round 1 bidding

Dec 12, 2014

Mexico has opened bidding for oil exploration rights in 14 areas of the Gulf of Mexico to domestic and international companies after upstream oil regulator, Comision Nacional de Hidrobarburos (CNH), this week approved rules for the first part of Bid Round 1…

GOM lease sale attracts US$110M in bids

Aug 20, 2014

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) opened the Gulf of Mexico Western Planning Area Lease Sale 238 in New Orleans on 20 August 2014, offering  21.6 million acres for oil and gas exploration and development offshore Texas. The sale attracted more than US$109…

Liberia offers offshore blocks

Aug 07, 2014

The Liberian Government and the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) have launched its latest Liberia Basin Bid Round.  The round opened 5 August for three months to 31 October 2014.  It comprises four undrilled offshore petroleum exploration blocks -  LB-6…

C-NLOPB offers Jeanne d'Arc basin block

Jun 11, 2014

The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) announced details of a Call for Bids in the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area. Call for Bids NL14‑01 (Jeanne d’Arc Region), consists of one parcel equaling 108…

China and Russia eye Tanzanian exploration

May 22, 2014

Bids from Russia’s Gazprom and China’s China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) have been included in the latest licensing round offshore Tanzania.  The 4th Deep Offshore and North Lake Tanganyika Licensing Round closed on May 15…

US$850 million offered in GOM block sale

Mar 20, 2014

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) received 380 bids on 19 Mar 2014, for 326 blocks in the central Gulf of Mexico, totaling more than US$850 million. Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 231 attracted operators to bid on almost 40 million acres…

Brazil enjoys licensing success

Jun 17, 2013

ANP, Brazil’s National Petroleum Agency, announced the winners of its 11th licensing round. There were 289 blocks (150,000 sq km) up for bid. Thirty high bids were accepted, about US$1.4 billion in revenue, ANP said. Total offered the highest bid for a single block…

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