| May
5th 2011 - Results 1st Licensing Round, Award of Block 3 to Oranto
Petroleum
In the light of the First Licensing Round and following the evaluation
of all the applications submitted, including the necessary due diligence
undertaken by the authorities.
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| May
5th 2011 - Resultado do 1º leilão Blocos ZEE
Agência Nacional do Petróleo, prevalece da presente para informar que
no âmbito do 1º Leilão de Blocos da Zona Económica Exclusiva, o
Governo através da Resolução do Venerando Conselho de Ministros de 2 de
Maio do corrente ano, decidiu.
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| December
23rd 2010 - License Round Bidders and Blocks Applied for: Following
the opening of the bids the Agência Nacional do Petróleo de SãoTomé e Principe
(ANP-STP) a.k.a.
National Petroleum Agency is pleased to announce the blocks applied for in
the first licensing round that closed on 15th
November 2010.
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| November
22nd 2010 - License Round Bidders
Agência Nacional do Petróleo de SãoTomé e Principe (ANP-STP) a.k.a.
National Petroleum Agency is pleased to announce the companies that have
submitted the bids for the first licensing round that closed on 15th
November 2010 .....
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| September 9th 2010 - License Round Extension to 15th
November 2010
The deadline for submitting tenders for seven blocks in Sao Tome &
Principe will be extended by two months to November, said Prime Minister
Patrice Trovoada. "It is an opportunity that we are giving to other
companies to take part in the bidding process. We have received offers,
but we want more participation," said Trovoada. He said the deadline
was also pushed back because of July and August elections, which saw him
succeed Rafael Branco as prime minister. Interested parties have until 15
November to table bids, which were launched in March and had an original
deadline of 15 September. "We have a new National Assembly which
should start working this week," Trovoada said, adding that the
current bidding process requires the "participation of the parliament
and civil society."
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| July
1st 2010 - Seismic Interpretation Availability
Following request from Companies, ANP has agreed to make available its
regional interpretation of key horizons within the EEZ to Companies who
have first license the seismic data. This will assist Companies in their
regional understanding and allow them to focus their efforts on
determining the prospectivity of the EEZ.................
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| June
14th 2010 - Evaluation Criteria
Agência Nacional do Petróleo de SãoTomé e Principe (ANP-STP) a.k.a.
National Petroleum Agency is pleased to release today further details of
the criteria to be used in the evaluation of applications in the STP EEZ
Licensing Round that closes on September 15th 2010. The evaluation
criteria can be downloaded from www.stp-eez.com
. ANP-STP seize this opportunity to advise that data room in the UK
continues to be busy with good range of Oil Industry interest that
includes several key Majors, National Oil Companies and Independents.
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| March 22nd 2010 - USA Road Show April 11 to 15th
The 1st License Round road show dates have been confirmed as April
11-14 at the AAPG
conference in New Orleans and on April
15th at the PGS offices in Houston. The Prime Minister of STP, Mr Rafael Branco
will open the Houston seminar, email Kelly.Boucher@pgs.com
for your invitation to attend the Houston conference.
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| March 2nd 2010 - 1st EEZ License Round Opens
The Prime Minister Mr Rafael Branco opened the EEZ 1st license round on the 2nd of March
2010 at a special ceremony in Sao Tome and by video to the International
Oil Companies at the APPEX conference in
London on the same day. A presentation
to the conference outlined the first license round will contain seven (7)
blocks from EEZ zones A & B.
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| February
19th 2010 - ANP-STP, Resolution of EEZ preemption rights and update on 1st
EEZ License Round
Agência Nacional do Petróleo de SãoTomé e Principe (ANP-STP) a.k.a.
National Petroleum Agency is pleased to announce resolution of the
preemption rights for Petroleum Exploration within its territorial waters.
In accordance with these preemptions rights, Equator Exploration and ERHC
have each been awarded two blocks subject to PSC negotiation which will
include a competitive work program.....
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| June, 16th 2009 - AAPG Denver, USA
The Agência Nacional do Petróleo de São Tomé e
Príncipe provide an update on plans for the 1st EEZ STP Licensing Round.
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November 4th 2009 - Africa Upstream, Cape Town The Agência Nacional do Petróleo de São Tomé e
Príncipe announce plans on the 5th of November, at the Africa Upstream
conference in Cape Town, for a competitive bidding round to
explore for hydrocarbons for up to 17 separate defined offshore areas.
Applications will be assessed based on stated evaluation criteria.
Successful applicants will be granted a Production Sharing Contract (PSC).
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December 18th, 2008 National Petroleum Agency opens a Technical Data Room
In December 2008, Huw Edwards and Cristina Puig of PGS Reservoir,
accompanied David Pratt, Marine New Venture Manager Africa and Osvaldo
Abreu, Business Development Supervisor Africa to Sao Tomé Island. |
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PGS
West Africa Prospectivity
The Gulf of Guinea is proving to be one of the most prolific oil and
gas provinces in the world. A series of new, world-class discoveries have
been made during the last few years, stepping out into deep water from
proven nearshore oil provinces in Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Angola. |
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PGS
to promote Sao Tome
PGS has entered into an exclusive agreement with the Government of São
Tomé and Príncipe ("STP”) to assist in the promotion of the
offshore acreage. PGS will also assist the STP Government with marketing
the exploration opportunities and prospectivity of the São Tomé and Príncipe
offshore to the international oil industry. To this end, PGS has acquired
high quality 2D and 3D seismic data which is now available for licensing |
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