The current Open Door application process runs through mid-September.

The program will cover waters in between the borders with neighboring countries French Guiana and Guyana.

More operators have been exploring for oil and gas now that the country’s first deepwater development, GranMorgu, is underway.

This was the first of four exploration and appraisal wells on Block 52, and Petronas and partner Staatsolie aim to prove up further resources for a first commercial field development...

The project, a partnership with Suriname’s state-owned Staatsolie, is designed to firm up the exploration potential of a nearshore region.

The two companies, in partnership with QatarEnergy and Paradise Oil, will initially acquire and process 3D seismic over an area 50 km offshore.

Suriname’s state-owned Staatsolie is planning an open-door offshore license round in November.

Over the past year, Hess was unable to find new partners to continue exploration of Block 59.

A Petronas subsidiary has acquired the exploration, development and production rights in Block 66 offshore Suriname with the signing of a production sharing contract.

Exxon Mobil has advised Suriname’s state oil and gas company Staatsolie that it is exiting offshore Block 52, despite the Slonea gas discovery made in 2020.