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The proposed assessment would not cover Angola’s inland basins (Image: ANPG)

Angola seeks consultant to assess

potential of underexplored basins

ANGOLA JOÃO Lourenço, the president of Angola, has tender, nominate members of the evaluation
issued an order outlining his administration’s commission and request deadline extensions if
plans to assess the hydrocarbon potential of the necessary.
country’s unexplored and underexplored basins. Only companies that have already been
The assessment will not cover Angola’s inland pre-qualified will be permitted to bid for the
sedimentary basins, which are home to a num- consulting services contract, the order said.
ber of environmentally sensitive areas. As of press time, it had not named any of the
According to Angolan press reports, pre-qualified firms.
Lourenço said in the order that he was author- In related news, Lourenço said in a sepa-
ising his government to spend up to $14.6mn rate executive order last week that he was also
on consulting services related to the assessment authorising the government to make up to
of the country’s resources. He also stated that $288,750 available for spending on a separate
Luanda had been instructed to call a tender for consulting contract. The contract will cover
the three-year consulting contract. the implementation of the Google Workspace
Angola’s government has not said exactly Enterprise programme, which will help improve
when this bidding contest might take place. It ANPG’s operations.
has stated, though, that the tender process will The Angolan government has not said when
be handled by the Administration Council it might launch work on the second consultancy
of the National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency agreement. It has said, though, that Lourenço’s
(ANPG), which acts as concessionaire for order is necessary to ensure that ANPG was a
hydrocarbon projects. The council will plan the fully functional agency. ™

AfDB head: Work on Mozambique LNG

could resume in as little as 12-18 months

MOZAMBIQUE AKINWUMI Adesina, the president of the following the deployment of military troops
African Development Bank (AfDB), has said from Rwanda and from member states of the
he believes that TotalEnergies (France) will be Southern African Development Community
able to resume work on the Mozambique LNG (SADC).
in about 12-18 months. With security threats eliminated, he said, the
Adesina indicated last week that he expected French company and its partners will be in a
security conditions in Cabo Delgado, Mozam- position to finish building their gas liquefaction
bique’s northernmost province, to improve plant on the Afungi Peninsula.

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