Wintershall Dea was awarded two offshore blocks; S-M-766 and C-M-845 in Santos and Campos basins in Brazil’s 16th bid round for oil and gas exploration blocks.

Qatar Petroleum will hold 30% interest in the Tarfaya Shallow Exploration Permit, which is a series of 12 neighboring offshore blocks in Morocco.

Mubadala Petroleum signed the PSC with its Thai partner PTTEP ED for offshore Block G1/61.

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded two offshore blocks to Eni and PTT Exploration and Production Public Limited (PTTEP) for oil and gas E&P.

Somalia will launch its first hydrocarbon licensing round early 2017 targeting offshore blocks. The Minister of Petroleum unveiled details on the plans for a 2017 license round during the Africa Oil Week held in Cape Town late October.