São Tomé e Príncipe Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

The First license round:

As the result of the first license round in 2010, only Block 3 was awarded and the PSC was signed with  Oranto Petroleum.

 

Blocks 5 and 12 were granted to Equator Exploration and the Blocks 4 and 11 were granted to the ERHC as per previous agreement with the State of Sao Tome.  

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The following blocks have been awarded and the operators are as follows;

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• Block 1 – Total Energy

• Block 2 – Sonangol*

• Block 3 – Oranto

• Block 4 – under negotiations

• Block 5 – Kosmos Energy

• Block 6 – Galp Energy

• Block 10 – Shell

• Block 11 - Shell

• Block 12 - Galp Energy

• Block 13 - Shell

* - transfer of operatorship under negotiation

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We welcome your interest in the hydrocarbon potential of the São Tomé e Príncipe Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

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Mr Alvaro Silva

Executive Director

Agência Nacional do Petróleo 

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