The Chadian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is promoting the countryâs open acreage which is available to companies for direct negotiations. As of December 2019, the free blocks were:          CHAD   Open Acreage             Basin   Names         Block   Name         Block   Sqkm         Main   Political Province             Borkou-Ennedi   Sub-basin (Al Kufra Basin)~Djado Basin~Tibesti Massif~Chad Basin         Djado   Block II         13,848         Tibesti             Borkou-Ennedi   Sub-basin (Al Kufra Basin)~Faya Sub-basin (Chad Basin)         Largeau   Block I         11,706         Borkou             Chad   Basin         Moussoro   Block         11,927         Kanem             Chad   Basin         Lac   Chad Block         11,900         Kanem             Chad   Basin         Lac   Chad Block I         3,783         Kanem             Chad   Basin~Bodele Sub-basin (Chad Basin)         Siltou   Block II         17,800         Borkou             Chad   Basin~Bodele Sub-basin (Chad Basin)         Siltou   Block I         11,803         Tibesti             Chad   Basin~Borkou-Ennedi Sub-basin (Al Kufra Basin)         Manga   Block         16,759         Tibesti             Chad   Basin~Bornu Trough - Chad Basin~Termit Trough - Chad Basin         LC-2008         10,988         Hadjer-Lamis             Chad   Basin~Darfur - Ouaddai Massifs~Bongor Trough         MD-2008         11,725         Ville   de Ndjamena             Chad   Basin~Faya Sub-basin (Chad Basin)         Largeau   Block IV         17,709         Borkou             Chad   Basin~Faya Sub-basin (Chad Basin)         Largeau   Block VII         11,815         Batha             Chad   Basin~Faya Sub-basin (Chad Basin)         Largeau   Block III         10,623         Borkou             Darfur   - Ouaddai Massifs~Doba Trough~Bongor Trough         Chari-Ouest   Block III         4,681         Tandjile             Darfur   - Ouaddai Massifs~Doseo Trough~Doba Trough~Salamat Basin         BDS-2008         41,887         Mayo-Kebbi   Est             Djado   Basin~Tibesti Massif         Djado   Block I         21,569         Tibesti             Doba Trough~Darfur - Ouaddai Massifs         WD   1-2008         2,029         Mayo-Kebbi   Ouest             Faya   Sub-basin (Chad Basin)~Chad Basin~Borkou-Ennedi Sub-basin (Al Kufra Basin)         Largeau   Block VI         11,770         Ennedi-Ouest             Faya   Sub-basin (Chad Basin)~Chad Basin~Borkou-Ennedi Sub-basin (Al Kufra Basin)         Largeau   Block II         11,739         Borkou             Source:   IHS Markit               Â© 2019 IHS Markit        Â   The latest version of the Hydrocarbon Law in Chad was translated into English in August 2008. On 27 August 2007, Chad's Prime Minister M. Nouradine Delwa KassirÃ© Comakye announced that the country had promulgated legal texts and implemented mechanisms relating to the specific management of its oil incomes in order to adhere to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The Government solemnly declared that the principles of this initiative from that moment on would be applied to Chad and the incomes drawn from the extractive industries would be declared and used in total transparency.  The Al Kufra Basin is better known as Erdis Basin in Chad.   The south extension in Niger and Chad of the Murzuq Basin is called Djado Basin (or Jadu Basin) and has seen no hydrocarbon exploration in the past.  The Faya-Largeau area is poorly explored, with only a few low-quality seismic lines acquired in the 1980s.   The Lake Chad area was one of the first regions to be explored in Chad, but unlike the Doba Trough, it has not been intensively explored. Three discoveries have been made: Kanem-1 in 1974, Sedigi in 1975 and Kumia-1 in 1976.
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