Exploration and production (E&P) bidding for offshore concession in the Mediterranean Sea, under the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) is due to close on November 29th.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) will offer new oil and gas blocks for bidding to help the country hit new untapped resources, announced ADNOC CEO, Sultan al-Jaber, during CERAWeek in Houston, US.

Uganda shortlisted four companies from which it intends to select the bid winner to construct the the country's $4.27b oil refinery project.

Nigeria is determined to cut the contracting cycle –the time between the bidding process and the actual award of contracts– in the country’s oil and gas industry from the current average period of two to four years, to just six months.

Cyprus has launched a third licensing round for offshore oil and gas drilling in the Mediterranean Sea, on the island’s southern coast. Blocks 6, 8, and 10 of the country's Exclusive Economic Zone are up for grabs.

State energy firm Saudi Aramco has extended the deadline for companies to bid for work on its unconventional gas facilities in the north of the country, signalling it remains committed to developing shale gas deposits, industry sources said.

Egypt's state-owned Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has postponed by three months the closing date for international companies to present bids for 15 oil and gas concessions due to weak interest in the tender.