{"id":15174,"date":"2025-09-03T06:20:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T06:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=15174"},"modified":"2025-09-03T06:20:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T06:20:58","slug":"nigeria-totalenergies-is-awarded-two-offshore-exploration-permits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/nigeria-totalenergies-is-awarded-two-offshore-exploration-permits\/","title":{"rendered":"NIGERIA: TotalEnergies is Awarded Two Offshore Exploration Permits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TotalEnergies (80%, operator), together with its partner South Atlantic Petroleum (20%), have signed the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for the PPL 2000 and PPL 2001 exploration licenses offshore Nigeria, which were awarded following the 2024 Exploration Round organized by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PPL 2000 &amp; 2001, covering an area of approximately 2,000 square kilometers, are located in the prolific West Delta basin. The work program includes drilling one firm exploration well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTotalEnergies is honored to be the first international company to be awarded exploration licenses in a bid round in Nigeria in more than a decade, marking a new milestone in our long-term partnership with the country,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Kevin McLachlan, Senior Vice-President Exploration at TotalEnergies.<\/strong> \u201cThese promising block captures are fully aligned with our strategy of strengthening our Exploration portfolio with drill-ready and high impact prospects, that have the potential for low-cost and low-emissions developments from new discoveries in our core areas of expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TotalEnergies (80%, operator), together with its partner South Atlantic Petroleum (20%), have signed the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for the PPL 2000 and PPL 2001 exploration licenses offshore Nigeria, which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/nigeria-totalenergies-is-awarded-two-offshore-exploration-permits\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":15175,"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":[7444],"tags":[1749,9961,12100,12101,8122,9339],"class_list":["post-15174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-west-africa","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerian-upstream-petroleum-regulatory-commission","tag-ppl-2000","tag-ppl-2001","tag-south-atlantic-petroleum","tag-totalenergies","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Nigeria-2024-Exploration-Round.png?fit=699%2C488&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3WK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15361,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/nigeria-totalenergies-completes-a-farmout-agreement-to-sell-to-star-deep-water-petroleum-limited\/","url_meta":{"origin":15174,"position":0},"title":"NIGERIA: TotalEnergies Completes a Farmout Agreement to Sell to Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited","author":"","date":"December 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Further to an ongoing discussion of global exploration opportunities between TotalEnergies and Chevron, TotalEnergies EP Nigeria announces that it has signed a farmout agreement to sell to Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited, a Chevron company, a 40% participation in the PPL\u00a02000 and PPL\u00a02001 exploration licenses, offshore Nigeria. 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