Press reported in early July 2020 that Nigerian company Niger Delta Exploration & Production Plc (NDEP) was invited by the authorities for negotiations on the onshore PT5-B block. Canadian Overseas Petroleum Ltd (COPL) - partner in the Shoreline CanOverseas consortium - also communicated being invited by the authorities to discuss on the block. The 4,321 sq km block is located on the Mozambique coastal plain, 750 km north of Maputo. It surrounds the north, west, and southwest margins of the Pande gas field.  On 15 December 2017, Shoreline CanOverseas â a consortium composed of Canadian Overseas Petroleum Ltd (50%) and Shoreline Energy International (50%) - has been advised by the Government of Mozambique that it had been pre-awarded the PT5-B block in the 5th Licensing Round. The consortium has been invited to negotiate with the Government of Mozambique the terms of the production sharing contract governing the block in Q1 2018. However, the consortium was not reported as a winner of the round by the Mozambican authorities.  At the time of the pre-award, interest in the block were held by Shoreline CanOverseas Dev Corp Ltd (57% + operator), Bluegreen Investments LLC (23%), are Indico Dourado Ltda (10%) and Empresa Nacional Hidrocarbonetos (ENH, 10%).
Mozambique (Mozambique B.) PT5-B op. by COPL (29%), SHORELINE (29%), BLUEGREEN (23%), INDICO DOU (10%), ENH (10%), Mozambique Canadian Overseas Petroleum Ltd and Nigerian NDEP - Direct negotiations for PT5-B block.