{"id":10618,"date":"2021-07-22T12:13:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T12:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=10618"},"modified":"2021-07-22T12:13:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T12:13:11","slug":"guinea-bissau-sinapa-esperanca-licences-get-3-year-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/guinea-bissau-sinapa-esperanca-licences-get-3-year-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"GUINEA BISSAU: Sinapa &#038; Esperan\u00e7a licences Get 3 Year Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sinapa (Block 2) and Esperan\u00e7a (Blocks 4A and 5A) licenses in Guinea-Bissau have been extended for 3 years and are valid until 2 October 2023 during which time there is an obligation on the Joint Venture to drill an exploration well.<\/p>\n<p>FAR says it is working with the new operator, PetroNor, to finalize the 2022 work program and budget for approval and finalization by the end of October. FAR has commenced a farm down of its interest prior to drilling a well before October 2023.<\/p>\n<p>PetroNor and FAR are undertaking a full review of a potential well location for the 2023 program with the Atum Prospect the key drill target (mapped to contain Best Estimate Prospective Resource of 471 mmbbls).<\/p>\n<p>The Operator is also undertaking a review of the commerciality of the Sinapa discovery in the offshore shallow water. Sinapa contains 13.4 mmbbls of oil while there is an estimated 72mmbbls of propective resource in the West and East Sinapa Prospects that are able to be tied into a potential development at Sinapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sinapa (Block 2) and Esperan\u00e7a (Blocks 4A and 5A) licenses in Guinea-Bissau have been extended for 3 years and are valid until 2 October 2023 during which time there &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/guinea-bissau-sinapa-esperanca-licences-get-3-year-extension\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":10619,"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":[7447,7442,11],"tags":[9458,271,7872,3829,8413,1054,8476,8412],"class_list":["post-10618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-africa","category-countries","category-top-news","tag-atum-prospect","tag-block-2","tag-block-4a","tag-block-5a","tag-esperanca","tag-guinea-bissau","tag-petronor","tag-sinapa","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Guinea-Bissau-Sinapa.jpg?fit=600%2C495&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-2Lg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11649,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/guinea-bissau-sinapa-block-2-esperanca-blocks-4a-and-5a-licences-extended-for-3-years\/","url_meta":{"origin":10618,"position":0},"title":"GUINEA BISSAU: Sinapa (Block 2) &#038; Esperan\u00e7a (Blocks 4A and 5A) licences Extended for 3 years","author":"","date":"January 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Sinapa (Block 2) and Esperan\u00e7a (Blocks 4A and 5A) licences in Guinea-Bissau have been extended for 3 years and are valid until 2 October 2023 during which time there is an obligation on the Joint Venture to drill a exploration well. FAR is working with the operator, PetroNor, to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Guinea-Bissau-Espanca-Sinapa.jpg?fit=768%2C634&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Guinea-Bissau-Espanca-Sinapa.jpg?fit=768%2C634&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Guinea-Bissau-Espanca-Sinapa.jpg?fit=768%2C634&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Guinea-Bissau-Espanca-Sinapa.jpg?fit=768%2C634&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14126,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/guinea-bissau-petronor-completes-farm-down-to-apus-energy-for-the-sinapa-block-2-esperanca-blocks-4a-5a-license\/","url_meta":{"origin":10618,"position":1},"title":"GUINEA BISSAU: PetroNor Completes Farm-down to Apus Energy for the Sinapa (Block 2) &#038; Esperanca (Blocks 4A &#038; 5A) License","author":"","date":"January 8, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"PetroNor E&P has confirmed the completion of the Guinea Bissau farm-down transaction which was announced on 27th June over the Christmas holiday period, Apus Energy DMCC (APUS) initiated the payment of $23 million towards past licence costs and long lead items purchased for drilling. The Government of Guinea Bissau approved\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Guinea-Bissau-Espanca-Sinapa.jpg?fit=768%2C634&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Guinea-Bissau-Espanca-Sinapa.jpg?fit=768%2C634&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Guinea-Bissau-Espanca-Sinapa.jpg?fit=768%2C634&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Guinea-Bissau-Espanca-Sinapa.jpg?fit=768%2C634&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9449,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/petronor-purchases-spe-guinea-bissau-ab\/","url_meta":{"origin":10618,"position":2},"title":"PetroNor Purchases SPE Guinea Bissau AB","author":"","date":"November 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"PetroNor has announced the purchase of SPE Guinea Bissau AB. This entitles PetroNor to assume the Operatorship (and interest of 78.57%) of the Sinapa (Block 2) and Esperanca (Blocks 4A and 5A) licences in Guinea Bissau subject to Government approval. The licences have been extended for 3 years and are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Central Africa&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Central Africa","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/central-africa\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Petronor-Guinea-Bissau.jpg?fit=389%2C363&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12037,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/guinea-bissau-far-exits-offshore-esperanca-blocks-4a-5a-and-sinapa-block-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":10618,"position":3},"title":"GUINEA BISSAU: FAR Exits Offshore Esperanca Blocks 4A &#038; 5A and Sinapa Block 2","author":"","date":"March 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"FAR Limited has advised it has commenced steps to withdraw from its interests in the Esperanca Blocks 4A & 5A and Sinapa Block 2 offshore Guinea Bissau. FAR says it has provided its notices of withdrawal to the Government of Guinea Bissau and operator Petronor in accordance with the relevant\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Central Africa&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Central Africa","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/central-africa\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Petronor-Guinea-Bissau.jpg?fit=389%2C363&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13760,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/guinea-bissau-petronor-ep-enters-farm-out-of-exploration-licences-for-upto-85-million\/","url_meta":{"origin":10618,"position":4},"title":"GUINEA BISSAU: PetroNor E&#038;P Enters Farm-out of Exploration Licences for upto $85 million","author":"","date":"June 30, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"PetroNor E&P AB, a wholly owned subsidiary of PetroNor E&P has entered into a binding agreement to farm-out 100 per cent of its participating interest in the two exploration licences offshore Guinea-Bissau to an SPV owned by Apus Energy DMCC, a subsidiary of Petromal. 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