Somalia: Exploration hopes


Issue 425 - 22 Oct 2020 | 2 minute read

Somalia hopes that its current licensing round means oil exploration can get under way by Q4 2021.A licensing round offering seven blocks opened in May and is due to close on 12 March. Somali Petroleum Authority (SPA). chairman and chief executive Ibrahim Ali Hussein told the Africa Oil Week virtual conference on 8 October that he expected block awards to be made in early April and companies to mobilise immediately to launch exploration work. “By Q4 next year exploration will start,” he said.

Tagged with:

Pin Somalia

Want to read more?

Subscribe to African Energy

View subscription options

Don't have an account?

Register for access to our free content

An account also allows you to view selected free articles, set up news alerts, search our African Energy Live Data power projects database and view project locations on our interactive map

Register