{"id":15244,"date":"2025-09-17T12:32:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=15244"},"modified":"2025-09-17T12:32:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:32:20","slug":"liberia-totalenergies-is-awarded-four-offshore-exploration-permits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/liberia-totalenergies-is-awarded-four-offshore-exploration-permits\/","title":{"rendered":"LIBERIA: TotalEnergies is Awarded Four Offshore Exploration Permits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TotalEnergies has signed four Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) for the LB-6, LB-11, LB-17 and LB-29 Exploration blocks offshore Liberia, which were awarded following the 2024 Direct Negotiation Licensing Round organized by the Liberia Petroleum Regulatory Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The blocks LB-6, LB-11, LB-17 and LB-29, covering an area of approximately 12,700 square kilometers, are located in the south of the Liberia Basin. The work program includes acquiring one firm 3D seismic survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TotalEnergies is enthusiastic to be part of the resumption of exploration activities in offshore Liberia,<\/q>\u00a0said\u00a0Kevin McLachlan, Senior Vice-President Exploration at TotalEnergies.\u00a0Entering these blocks aligns with our strategy of diversifying our Exploration portfolio in high-potential new oil-prone basins. These areas hold significant potential for prospects that have the potential for large-scale discoveries that lead to cost-effective, low-emission developments, leveraging the Company\u2019s proven expertise in deepwater operations.<\/q>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TotalEnergies has signed four Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) for the LB-6, LB-11, LB-17 and LB-29 Exploration blocks offshore Liberia, which were awarded following the 2024 Direct Negotiation Licensing Round organized … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":15245,"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":[12144,12146,7927,12145,1403,10499,9339],"class_list":["post-15244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-top-news","category-west-africa","tag-lb-11","tag-lb-17","tag-lb-29","tag-lb-6","tag-liberia","tag-liberia-basin","tag-totalenergies","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Liberia-blocks.webp?fit=1110%2C1110&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3XS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15861,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/liberia-bluenergies-and-totalenergies-progress-operations-harper-basin\/","url_meta":{"origin":15244,"position":0},"title":"LIBERIA: BluEnergies and TotalEnergies Progress Operations, Harper Basin","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"July 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"BluEnergies has provide an operations update on the work program currently being conducted on the blocks LB-26, LB-30 and LB-31 jointly with TotalEnergies in the Harper Basin, offshore Liberia. 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