{"id":15177,"date":"2025-09-03T06:23:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T06:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=15177"},"modified":"2025-09-03T06:23:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T06:23:18","slug":"congo-totalenergies-is-awarded-a-new-exploration-permit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/congo-totalenergies-is-awarded-a-new-exploration-permit\/","title":{"rendered":"CONGO: TotalEnergies is Awarded a New Exploration Permit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TotalEnergies&nbsp;(50%, operator), together with its partners QatarEnergy&nbsp;(35%) and the national company SNPC&nbsp;(15%), has been awarded the Nzombo exploration permit in the Republic of the Congo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1,000&nbsp;square kilometer Nzombo permit is located&nbsp;100&nbsp;kilometers off the coast of&nbsp;Pointe-Noire, close to the Moho production facilities operated by TotalEnergies EP Congo. The work program includes the drilling of one exploration well, which is expected to spud before the end of&nbsp;2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><q>This award of a promising Exploration permit, with the material Nzombo prospect, reflects our continued strategy of expanding our Exploration portfolio with high impact prospects, which can be developed leveraging our existing facilities, and confirms our longstanding partnership with the Republic of the Congo,<\/q>\u00a0said\u00a0Kevin McLachlan, Senior Vice-President Exploration at TotalEnergies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TotalEnergies&nbsp;(50%, operator), together with its partners QatarEnergy&nbsp;(35%) and the national company SNPC&nbsp;(15%), has been awarded the Nzombo exploration permit in the Republic of the Congo. The 1,000&nbsp;square kilometer Nzombo permit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/congo-totalenergies-is-awarded-a-new-exploration-permit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":15178,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Congo-Moho-Nord.png?fit=808%2C533&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3WN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15186,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/congo-qatarenergy-awarded-exploration-license-for-the-nzombo-offshore-block\/","url_meta":{"origin":15177,"position":0},"title":"CONGO: QatarEnergy Awarded Exploration License for the Nzombo offshore block","author":"","date":"September 5, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"QatarEnergy and its partners were awarded an exploration license for the Nzombo offshore block in the Republic of Congo. Under the terms of the Production Sharing Contract signed with the Congolese Government, QatarEnergy will hold a 35% participating interest in the block. 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