In mid-November 2019 it was reported that the Gambian authorities plan to demarcate two ultra-deep water acreage blocks which will be located west of existing blocks A1 and A4. TGS was contracted to acquire a seismic survey covering 7,500 sq km in the area of interest in early 2020. The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy plans to create two ultra-deep water blocks which would be roughly twice the size of the existing offshore blocks.   Block A1 is operated by BP and Block A4 is open albeit under arbitration by Petronor (formerly African Petroleum).   Gambia follows Senegal who is actively promoting its ultra-deep water acreage. Petrosen currently acquires 3D seismic ahead of a bid round for ultra-deep acreage which starts in January 2020.
Gambia, Block A1