SIERRA LEONE AIMS TO REVIVE OFFSHORE PROSPECTS

摘要

After a flurry of exploration activity in 2012,followed by a licensing round which was suspended last year,the Sierra Leonean government is keen to revive offshore exploration in a bid to become a competitive,productive hydrocarbons nation.As such the fourth licensing round was reopened in May this year.The deadline for open tenders is 22 November 2019 and direct tender negotiations will close on 20 September 2019.A new director general of Sierra Leone's petroleum directorate,Timothy Kabba was appointed in September last year and one of his first moves was to announce a six-month industry consultation in order to garner feedback from those involved in the fourth licensing round.When the consultation ended in March,the government announced a raft of conclusions from what was described in a statement as”wide-ranging dialogue...with a broad spectrum of high-quality international oil and gas companies”.