US EditionTotalEnergies Wins Oil and Gas Exploration Permit Offshore Congo
TotalEnergies holds a 50% stake and will operate the 1,000 sq km Nzombo permit offshore Congo with partners QatarEnergy and SNPC; drilling of one exploration well planned before end 2025.
- On September 1, 2025, TotalEnergies, along with partners QatarEnergy and Congo’s state-owned SNPC, secured the rights to explore the 1,000 square kilometer Nzombo offshore area.
- This award followed the Republic of the Congo’s strategy to attract foreign investment and boost oil production toward a 500,000 barrels per day target by 2027.
- TotalEnergies serves as the operator of the Nzombo permit, possessing half of the ownership, while QatarEnergy owns just over one-third, and Congo’s state oil firm SNPC holds the remaining share. The block is situated roughly 100 kilometers offshore from Pointe-Noire, near TotalEnergies’ existing Moho production sites.
- The plan involves initiating the drilling of a single exploration well at the Nzombo prospect, scheduled to begin before the close of 2025, which has the potential to enhance both TotalEnergies’ asset portfolio and the Republic of Congo’s production targets.
- This permit award marks a key step in sustaining Congo’s regional oil role and confirms ongoing cooperation between major international companies and the Congolese state.
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TotalEnergies Wins Oil and Gas Exploration Permit Offshore Congo
TotalEnergies has been awarded a massive new exploration permit offshore the Republic of Congo, which could ultimately boost oil and gas supply from West Africa. TotalEnergies and its minority partners QatarEnergy and Congo’s national company SNPC have been awarded the Nzombo exploration permit, close to the Moho production facilities operated by TotalEnergies, the French supermajor said on Monday. TotalEnergies holds 50% and is the operator o…
TotalEnergies announced on 1 September that it had obtained the Nzombo exploration permit, located off the coast of the Republic of the Congo. As a 50% operator, the French major thus consolidates its position in a country where it already produces 65,000 barrels of oil per day, confirming its central role in the regional energy sector. A new strategic permit for TotalEnergies in the Republic of the Congo The Nzombo permit covers an area of abou…
TotalEnergies, partners secure Nzombo exploration permit offshore Congo
TotalEnergies, together with Qatar Energy and the Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo (SNPC), has been granted rights to the Nzombo exploration block in the Republic of Congo. The permit lies around 100 kilometers offshore Pointe-Noire, close to the company’s existing Moho production hub. The partners plan to drill an initial exploration well by late […] The post TotalEnergies, partners secure Nzombo exploration permit offshore Congo appeare…
QatarEnergy group wins exploration permit in Congo
A consortium comprising state-backed QatarEnergy, France’s TotalEnergies and the Congolese national oil company, SNPC, has been awarded the Nzombo exploration permit in the Republic of the Congo. The 1,000 sq km Nzombo permit is located 100 km off the coast of Pointe-Noire, the companies said in a statement. The concession area is close to the Moho production facilities operated by TotalEnergies. The work programme includes the drilling of one e…
Qatar ' s energy partners have obtained a licence for offshore exploration and exploration in the Nzombo area off the coast of the Republic of the Congo. Under a production-sharing agreement signed with the Congolese Government, Qatar will have a share of the energy...
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