{"id":13961,"date":"2023-09-24T16:54:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T16:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=13961"},"modified":"2023-09-24T16:54:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T16:54:41","slug":"sierra-leone-innoson-oil-and-gas-farming-out-exploration-license-sl2020a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/sierra-leone-innoson-oil-and-gas-farming-out-exploration-license-sl2020a\/","title":{"rendered":"SIERRA LEONE: Innoson Oil and Gas Farming-out Exploration License SL2020A"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innosonoil.com\/\"><em><br><\/em><\/a>Innoson Oil and Gas (IOG)\u00a0of Nigeria, the sole licensee of exploration license\u00a0SL2020A, offshore Sierra Leone, have engaged\u00a0Tudor Hall Energy (THE)\u00a0of the United Kingdom to assist with an\u00a0<em><strong>acreage farm-out campaign<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together the companies will stimulate renewed interest in this large tract of Atlantic transform margin exploration acreage which includes an on block discovery and new information developed by Innoson. The acreage is modelled to be analogous across the Atlantic Margin to the highly prolific recoverable 5 billion barrel Guyana hydrocarbon province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new Technical Partner is sought to progress a work program for SL2020A to include new data acquisition prior to drilling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phillip Slater of THE commented\u00a0&#8216;<em>We are excited to secure this new commission to work with IOG and the timing is just right. The huge success in recent years in Guyana is guiding our thinking and has stimulated the resurgence of interest in Sierra Leone and adjacent basins.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Innoson Oil and Gas (IOG)\u00a0of Nigeria, the sole licensee of exploration license\u00a0SL2020A, offshore Sierra Leone, have engaged\u00a0Tudor Hall Energy (THE)\u00a0of the United Kingdom to assist with an\u00a0acreage farm-out campaign. Together &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/sierra-leone-innoson-oil-and-gas-farming-out-exploration-license-sl2020a\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":13962,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,11,7444],"tags":[11352,6589,11354],"class_list":["post-13961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-top-news","category-west-africa","tag-innoson-oil-and-gas","tag-sierra-leone","tag-tudor-hall-energy","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sierra-Leone-Block-2020a.jpg?fit=1200%2C695&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3Db","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12235,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/sierra-leone-wildcat-petroleum-obtains-reconnaissance-permit-agreement-for-20-offshore-blocks\/","url_meta":{"origin":13961,"position":0},"title":"SIERRA LEONE: Wildcat Petroleum Obtains Reconnaissance Permit Agreement for 20 offshore blocks","author":"","date":"May 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Wildcat Petroleum has announced that after a process of engagement with the Petroleum Directorate of Sierra Leone (PDSL) it has entered into a Reconnaissance Permit Agreement (Permit) over 20 offshore petroleum blocks in Sierra Leone territorial waters comprising a total 24,000 square kilometres. 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