Majors,lOCs Win Blocks in Argentine Offshore Bid Round

摘要

Thirteen companies placed bids on 18 blocks in the Austral,North Argentina,and Malvinas West basins as part of Argentina's first open bid round for offshore acreage in more than 20 years.Nearly every major came away with blocks while other international oil companies and South American-focused operators also gained acreage,pushing total bids to almost $1 billion.Among them,Equinor took seven blocks,Qatar Petroleum(QP)received five,and ExxonMobil counted three.Other companies receiving tenders were Total,Shell,BP,Eni,Winter-shall,Tullow,Mitsui,YPF,Pluspetrol,and Tecpetrol.