RE: Ghana1 Aug 2019 11:52
Petrel is block 2 I believe:
Ghana’s First Oil Licensing Round: Ministry of Energy publishes final bidders’ list
June 27, 2019 Posted by: Web Master category: News
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Ghana’s first oil and gas exploration licensing round which started in October last year is nearing conclusion as the country’s Ministry of Energy on Thursday published the final bidders’ list for the available oil blocks.
The Ministry in a circular signed by the Minister responsible for Petroleum, John Peter Amewu that has the list of participating bidders showed Tullow and ENI/Vitol bidding for Block 3 while First E&P for Block 2.
“Now, therefore, I, Hon. John Peter Amewu, Minister responsible for Petroleum do give notice to the participating bidders as specified in the Schedule for 2018/2019 Petroleum Licensing Rounds bidders for exploration and production rights within the territory of Ghana.
The final bidders’ list which has only three companies competing for the available oil blocks emerged from the 14 companies that made it to the pre-qualification stage out of the 16 companies that originally applied for the oil blocks.
Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo launched the country’s first oil and gas exploration licensing round in October. Blocks 2, 3 and 4 were open for bidding, while deepwater blocks 5 and 6 were said to be allocated through direct negotiations.