Global Upstream Scouting | Sub-Saharan Africa | Eni Enters Senegal, Petrobras Claims Côte d’Ivoire Prize, SOCAR Into Baleine, Ghananza, Angola Deepwater Awards

Senior Regional Manager Jimmy Boulter, Senior Regional Analyst Archie Rowland, and host Patrick Rutty discuss Eni’s latest exploration MoU over five blocks in Senegal. They then review a flurry of Côte d’Ivoire & Ghana exploration licencing, MoUs, and A&D, starting with Petrobras’ massive eight-block deepwater award and expanding to include Eni, SOCAR, Chevron, and Shell. The conversation finishes with Angola, where Chevron, Shell, TotalEnergies, and ExxonMobil have all signed deepwater blocks out of prior study agreements or MoUs – demonstrating the viability of those reconnaissance instruments.