Somalia has launched its first offshore licensing round for seven blocks

Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons has announced that it will extend exploration licenses for two years and relax capital expenditure requirements for E&P companies amid the low-price climate and reduction in oil demand caused by COVID-19

Algeria’s Sonatrach and Russian company Lukoil have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)

The Government of Sierra Leone has awarded offshore exploration concessions to two companies following the conclusion of the Fourth Offshore Petroleum Licensing Round on 28 February