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Not all countries use licensing rounds; some use direct negotiation to approve exploration and production rights. It’s time for more African oil and gas-producing states to choose this route.
Opinion: Direct negotiations could be a win-win in 2023 for African oil and gas regarding disappointing licensing rounds worldoil.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from worldoil.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
For Africa’s Oil- and Gas-Producing Countries, Negotiating the Current Environment May Require…Negotiation While the details vary by country, the licensing round process has, in general, become too prone to delays and uncertainty By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber In late 2019, as the African oil and gas industry was looking to the future…
By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org)
In late 2019, as the African oil and gas industry was looking to the future with optimism, Offshore Engineer wrote that the continent was had reason to expect a “more productive 2020.” Instead, the unforeseen happened, and the COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on the oil and gas industry in Africa and around the world.
But even at the end of last year, during a fairly strong period for oil and gas, the publication mentioned that “delays and hiccups” were impacting licensing rounds that is, the processes by which investors can seek oil and gas exploration licenses from the government – and argued that improvements would have to be made going forward.