Suriname

Jan. 4, 2006
State-owned Staatsolie launched a licensing round for three blocks from shore to deep water in the Atlantic Ocean near the southeastern corner of the country's offshore area.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Jan. 4 -- State-owned Staatsolie launched a licensing round for three blocks from shore to deep water in the Atlantic Ocean near the southeastern corner of the country's offshore area.

Bid deadline is July 2 for Block 37, covering 8,758 sq km, Block 36 at 3,407 sq km, and Block 15 at 2,552 sq km. All are in the underexplored Suriname-Guyana basin.

A 2006 data package is available that includes 2D seismic data acquired and processed in 2005.