{"id":15907,"date":"2026-09-10T13:04:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T13:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=15907"},"modified":"2026-09-10T13:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T13:04:31","slug":"tunisia-libya-joint-oil-and-moyes-co-open-licensing-round-for-shared-mediterranean-acreage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tunisia-libya-joint-oil-and-moyes-co-open-licensing-round-for-shared-mediterranean-acreage\/","title":{"rendered":"TUNISIA\/LIBYA: Joint Oil and Moyes &amp; Co. Open Licensing Round for Shared Mediterranean Acreage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joint Oil, the binational venture managing energy assets along the Libyan-Tunisian border, has teamed up with international advisory group Moyes &amp; Co. to initiate a licensing round for offshore exploration and development opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Running from Joint Oil, the binational venture managing energy assets along the Libyan-Tunisian border, has teamed up with international advisory group Moyes &amp; Co. to initiate a licensing round for offshore exploration and development opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Running from September 7 through December 31, 2026, the tender covers the Joint Oil Block and the adjacent Zarat Discovery\u2014a strategic maritime zone situated in the resource-rich Gabes-Tripoli Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key Bidding Milestones &amp; Timelines<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upstream operators seeking access to the Virtual Data Room (VDR) and commercial terms must adhere to the following roadmap:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Roadshow Presentation: September 29\u201330, 2026 <em>(World Energy Summit, London)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data Room Access &amp; Application Deadline: December 31, 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Final Proposal Submissions: January 8, 2027<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Award Notification: February 26, 2027<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contract Finalization: April 30, 2027<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Overview of Offered Commercial Packages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bidding process offers qualified offshore operators two distinct entry points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Joint Oil Block (Exploration)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Acreage Size: ~3,000 km\u00b2 in water depths between 80 m and 120 m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contract Structure: Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data Coverage: High-density subsurface data comprising 6,500 km of 2D and 1,900 km\u00b2 of 3D seismic lines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Historical Drilling: Proven petroleum presence evidenced by legacy wildcats including <em>Zohra-1<\/em>, <em>El Amal South 1<\/em>, <em>Besmah-1<\/em>, <em>El Amal North 1<\/em>, and <em>Zarat North 1<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. Zarat Field (Development)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Asset Type: Unitized, cross-border oil and natural gas discovery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Governance Model: Managed via a joint framework involving a Development and Production Sharing Agreement (DPSA), Unitization Agreement (UA), Unit Operating Agreement (UOA), and an Operating Services Contract (OSC).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Strategic Location &amp; Infrastructure Synergies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The offshore concession lies along the geological extension of the Sabratha-Gabes trend, benefiting from proximity to established producing fields in both Libyan and Tunisian sectors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><td><strong>Sector<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Neighboring Producing Fields<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Libyan Sector<\/strong><\/td><td><strong><em>Al Jurf, Bahr Essalam, Bouri<\/em><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Tunisian Sector<\/strong><\/td><td><strong><em>Ashtart, Didon, Miskar, Hasdrubal<\/em><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By leveraging existing processing platforms and export routes across the central Mediterranean, prospective operators can minimize tie-in distances, lower capital expenditure requirements, and accelerate time-to-first-oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tender covers the Joint Oil Block and the adjacent Zarat Discovery, a strategic maritime zone situated in the resource-rich Gabes-Tripoli Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joint Oil, the binational venture managing energy assets along the Libyan-Tunisian border, has teamed up with international advisory group Moyes &amp; Co. to initiate a licensing round for offshore exploration &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tunisia-libya-joint-oil-and-moyes-co-open-licensing-round-for-shared-mediterranean-acreage\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15908,"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":[7442,7446,11],"tags":[12576,12578,12577,12596,12598,12595,12580,12597,12594,12579,12575],"class_list":["post-15907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-north-africa","category-top-news","tag-besmah-1","tag-el-amal-north-1","tag-el-amal-south-1","tag-gabes-tripoli-basin","tag-joint-oil","tag-joint-oil-block","tag-moyes-co","tag-world-energy-summit","tag-zarat-discovery","tag-zarat-north-1","tag-zohra-1","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-48z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8440,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/ugandas-second-licensing-round-joining-africas-next-oil-gas-frontier\/","url_meta":{"origin":15907,"position":0},"title":"Uganda\u2019s Second Licensing Round: Joining Africa\u2019s Next Oil &#038; Gas Frontier","author":"","date":"June 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Among the few ongoing licensing rounds on the continent this year is Uganda\u2019s Second Licensing Round, announced by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources last year. 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