The Government of Guinea has divided the countryâs offshore area into several blocks. Direct negotiations with the government are possible.     The licensing authority is the Ministry of Mines and Geology.   Interested parties should contact the Office National des PÃ©troles (ONAP)  Director General: Famourou Kouruma  Tel: +224 622 376 262  Â   Director of Exploration and Production: Mohamed Bangoura  Tel: +224 655 454 941  Email: drmobangoura@gmail.com  Â   The available open blocks as of April 2020 are listed in the table below.  Twenty-seven blocks are available.  There was one change in the list compared to the previous one.   Blocks A4 and C2 are not available any-more, they were applied for by Total.  Total open acreage amounts to 82,020 sq km, of which 69,441 is offshore and 12,579 is onshore.  Â           Open blocks         Â          Â          Â              Block Name         Area (sq km)         Situation         Block Basin             Block 1         5,667         onshore         Bove Basin             Block 2         6,911         onshore         Bove Basin             Block A1         2,158         offshore         Senegal (M.S.G.B.C.)   Basin             Block A2         2,423         offshore         Senegal (M.S.G.B.C.)   Basin             Block A3         2,853         offshore         Senegal (M.S.G.B.C.)   Basin             Block A5         1,668         offshore         Senegal (M.S.G.B.C.)   Basin             Block B1         2,357         offshore         Senegal (M.S.G.B.C.)   Basin             Block B2         2,544         offshore         Senegal (M.S.G.B.C.)   Basin             Block B3         2,997         offshore         Senegal (M.S.G.B.C.)   Basin             Block B4         5,612         offshore         Senegal (M.S.G.B.C.)   Basin             Block B5         2,740         offshore         Sierra Leone Deep Sea   Basin             Block C1         2,366         offshore         Senegal (M.S.G.B.C.)   Basin             Block C3         1,989         offshore         Senegal (M.S.G.B.C.)   Basin             Block C4         5,429         offshore         Senegal (M.S.G.B.C.)   Basin             Block C5         1,647         offshore         Sierra Leone Deep Sea   Basin             Block D1         2,402         offshore         Senegal (M.S.G.B.C.)   Basin             Block D2         2,537         offshore         Senegal (M.S.G.B.C.)   Basin             Block D3         4,172         offshore         Senegal (M.S.G.B.C.)   Basin             Block D4         4,607         offshore         Sierra Leone Sub-basin   (Sra Leone-Liberia Basin)             Block E1         2,402         offshore         Senegal (M.S.G.B.C.)   Basin             Block E2         2,558         offshore         Senegal (M.S.G.B.C.)   Basin             Block E3         3,299         offshore         Sierra Leone Sub-basin   (Sra Leone-Liberia Basin)             Block E4         481         offshore         Sierra Leone Sub-basin   (Sra Leone-Liberia Basin)             Block F1         2,360         offshore         Senegal (M.S.G.B.C.)   Basin             Block F2         2,490         offshore         Sierra Leone Sub-basin   (Sra Leone-Liberia Basin)             Block F3         2,802         offshore         Sierra Leone Sub-basin   (Sra Leone-Liberia Basin)             Block G1         2,546         offshore         Sierra Leone Sub-basin   (Sra Leone-Liberia Basin)
The Government of Guinea has divided the countryâs offshore area into several blocks. Direct negotiations with the government are possible. The licensing authority is the Ministry of Mines and Geology.