The Somaliland Ministry of Mining, Energy and Water Resources in Hargeisa is offering open acreage in the country for oil and gas exploration.
Interested parties were asked to approach the ministry before being directed to TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. for access to technical data to assist in evaluating the acreage at data rooms in Houston and Surbiton, UK.
Somaliland’s several basins lie north of Ethiopia and across the Gulf of Aden from Yemen. The Somaliland government website states that the ministry has granted Ophir Energy, Asante Oil, and Prime Resources 18 month contracts to explore land and offshore blocks.
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Alan Petzet
Chief Editor Exploration
Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.
Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.
