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Egypt
THIRTEEN NEW PERMITS ON OFFER

Egypt has issued calls to tender for a total of 13 blocks in the Gulf of Suez and the western [...]

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Canada
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Nigeria
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Rwanda
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Congo
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Algeria
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Morocco
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Spotlight | Africa, France
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Africa
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Senegal
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Nigeria
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Nigeria
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Nigeria
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Spotlight
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Congo
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Nigeria
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Africa
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Angola
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Nigeria
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Nigeria
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Nigeria
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Nigeria
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Nigeria
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Nigeria
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Nigeria
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Angola
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Gabon
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Algeria
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Mauritania
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Nigeria
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Uganda
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Cameroon
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Nigeria
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Congo
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Congo
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Libya, Tunisia
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Gabon
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Gabon
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Gabon
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Congo
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Nigeria
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Shell has put back the closing date for bids for [...]

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Nigeria
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Nigeria
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Congo
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Gabon
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Equatorial Guinea
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Libya
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