{"id":10280,"date":"2021-05-04T20:37:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T20:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=10280"},"modified":"2021-05-04T20:37:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T20:37:13","slug":"angola-anpg-opens-congo-kwanza-blocks-in-ongoing-bid-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/angola-anpg-opens-congo-kwanza-blocks-in-ongoing-bid-round\/","title":{"rendered":"ANGOLA: ANPG opens Congo, Kwanza Blocks in Ongoing Bid Round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Angola\u2019s National Oil, Gas and Biofuel\u2019s Agency (ANPG) has officially opened blocks for licensing in the Onshore Lower Congo Basin and the Onshore Kwanza Basin as part of its 2020 oil and gas licensing round. This latest call to tender is part of the agency&#8217;s ongoing 2019-2025 hydrocarbons licensing strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The Onshore Lower Congo Basin Blocks include CON1, CON5 and CON6; while the\u00a0Onshore Kwanza Basin Blocks comprise KON5, KON6, KON8, KON9, KON17, and KON20.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing bid-round is a manifestation of Angola\u2019s strategy for the continuous attribution of petroleum concessions 2019-2025 which was approved and codified by Presidential Decree no. 52\/19, of 18 February 2019.<\/p>\n<p>It aims to expand research and evaluation activities across sedimentary basins<strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>increase geological knowledge of Angola\u2019s hydrocarbon potential and invite a new wave of explorers to yield new discoveries.<\/p>\n<p>For bidding rules and procedures please click here\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3h6Q07v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/bit.ly\/3h6Q07v&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1620246462210000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFUMZsmLTIMxzaezHpn_ng_M5CypQ\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3h6Q07v<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angola\u2019s National Oil, Gas and Biofuel\u2019s Agency (ANPG) has officially opened blocks for licensing in the Onshore Lower Congo Basin and the Onshore Kwanza Basin as part of its 2020 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/angola-anpg-opens-congo-kwanza-blocks-in-ongoing-bid-round\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":10281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,7445,11],"tags":[160,7458,7460,7461,7462,7468,7469,7464,7465,7466,7467,9051,9276],"class_list":["post-10280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-southern-africa","category-top-news","tag-angola","tag-anpg","tag-con1","tag-con5","tag-con6","tag-kon17","tag-kon20","tag-kon5","tag-kon6","tag-kon8","tag-kon9","tag-lower-congo-basin","tag-onshore-kwanza-basin","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/37b03c5c35afccb7f5d9d0a8553d4f72.jpg?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-2FO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9959,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/angola-anpg-moves-to-make-2020-bid-round-more-transparent\/","url_meta":{"origin":10280,"position":0},"title":"ANGOLA:  ANPG Moves to Make 2020 Bid Round More Transparent","author":"","date":"February 23, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Angola\u2019s National Agency for Oil, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG) now allows those interested in partaking in the ongoing 2020 licensing round for oil blocks in the onshore Kwanza and Lower Congo Basins to consult the available data packages before purchasing them. 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