Suriname

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.

Jan. 4, 2006

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.