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Nigeria has announced a mini-bid round 2022 for new crude oil exploration and drilling activities in the offshore blocks, Premium Times newspaper reported.
The mini-bid round was the first in a series of bid rounds targeted at developing prospective petroleum basins, said Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission CEO Gbenga Komolafe.
The blocks have extensive 2D and 3D seismic data coverage, including multi-beam and analog data, he said, adding the bid round will be held in line with the Petroleum Industry Act 2021.
(Writing by P Deol; Editing by Anoop Menon)
