On 25 October 2018, Spectrum announced that the Republic of Gabon would open its 12th Shallow and Deep-Water Licensing Round of open blocks at the 25th Africa Oil Week (AOW), Cape Town in November 2018.  H.E. Pascal Houangni Ambouroue, Gabonese Minister of Oil and Hydrocarbons, will make the announcement during a special session within the main auditorium of the Africa Oil Week at 08:50 on Wednesday 7th November 2018. This will be followed by a technical and fiscal workshop that will detail the new petroleum code, the license round and associated terms.  The Workshop will take place at the Southern Sun at 11:00 and include: further details of available blocks, the fiscal terms, timings and conditions of the 12th Gabon Licensing Round. The Minister will also announce the dates and venues of the associated global licence round Road Shows, supported by Spectrum.  In Collaboration with the Direction GÃ©nÃ©rale des Hydrocarbures (DGH) Spectrum has undertaken a number of shallow water 3D seismic surveys across the open blocks available in the 12th License Round. Seismic has been acquired in both north and south of the country. The 11,500 sq km southern survey, now complete images the pre-salt and allows for the targeting of the intra syn-rift plays. In the North, acquisition of a 5,500 sq km 3D survey images pre and post-salt targets.  Spectrum can be contacted for data for license round evaluation facilitating immediate activity when the blocks are awarded.
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