TotalEnergies awarded exploration permits offshore Africa
TotalEnergies and partners have signed exploration permits for work offshore Africa.
Nigeria
TotalEnergies signed a production sharing contract for the PPL 2000 and PPL 2001 exploration licenses offshore Nigeria, which were awarded following the 2024 Exploration Round organized by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission.
TotalEnergies serves as operator with 80% interest. Partner South Atlantic Petroleum holds the remaining 20% interest.
The licenses, covering an area of about 2,000 sq km, lie in the West Delta basin.
The work program includes drilling one firm exploration well.
Congo
In the Republic of the Congo, TotalEnergies and partners have been awarded the Nzombo exploration permit.
TotalEnergies is operator with 50% interest. QatarEnergy holds 35% and the national company SNPC holds 15%.
The 1,000 sq km Nzombo permit lies 100 km off the coast of Pointe-Noire, close to the Moho production infrastructure operated by TotalEnergies EP Congo.
The work program includes the drilling of one exploration well, which is expected to be spudded before yearend.