AUREP is the Department responsible for the promotion of petroleum exploration under the MinistÃ¨re des Mines of Mali. As of March 2016, AUREP had finalized a new division of the country in exploration acreage blocks. The old open block limits and denominations are not valid any more. The release of the new block limits was contingent on the new petroleum bill to be passed into law. The list of new acreage blocks became available in late-November 2016, it is presented below.    In the west of the country, the new blocks are smaller than the previous ones. In fact the old blocks were divided in two in this area. The amount of available seismic data has doubled between 2004 and 2014, this has translated into a better understanding of the geology of the various sedimentary basins in the country. Therefore it was possible to design new block limits that take into account the improved basin definition. A new block, NÂ° 29, was added in the far south of the country.    AUREP stands for AUtorite pour la REcherche Petroliere.  Interested parties should contact:    Ahmed Ag Mohamed    Directeur, AUREP  Tel: +223 788 046 67  Email: inassakok@yahoo.fr  Â   The available blocks as of April 2020 are understood to be as listed below.  There are thirty-nine open blocks.  There was no change from the previous list.   Total open acreage amounts to 850,451 sq km all onshore.  Â           Open   blocks         Â          Â          Â              Block   Name         Area   (sq km)         Situation         Block   Basin             Block   1A1         21,156         Â          Hank   Sub-basin (Taoudeni Basin)             Block   1A2         34,279         Â          Hank   Sub-basin (Taoudeni Basin)             Block   1B1         14,876         Â          Hank   Sub-basin (Taoudeni Basin)             Block   1B2         14,932         Â          Hank   Sub-basin (Taoudeni Basin)             Block   2A         10,842         Â          Hank   Sub-basin (Taoudeni Basin)             Block   2B         10,890         Â          Hank   Sub-basin (Taoudeni Basin)             Block   3A         10,506         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   3B         12,843         Â          Hank   Sub-basin (Taoudeni Basin)             Block   4A         10,733         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   4B         10,797         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   5A         29,965         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   5B         29,782         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   6         23,600         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   7         39,991         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   8A         16,556         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   8B         19,267         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   9A         19,120         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   9B         24,223         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   10         37,566         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   11         33,141         Â          Iullemmeden   Basin             Block   12A         32,557         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   12B         21,063         Â          Nara   Graben (Taoudeni Basin)             Block   13A         42,863         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   13B         27,748         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   14         20,250         Â          Iullemmeden   Basin             Block   15         17,090         Â          Iullemmeden   Basin             Block   16A         16,972         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   16B         15,553         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   18         19,793         Â          Nara   Graben (Taoudeni Basin)             Block   19         13,991         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   21         22,244         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   22         22,115         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   23         14,311         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   24A         29,053         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   24B         31,010         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   26         24,036         Â          Pharusian   Fold Belt             Block   27         20,340         Â          Mantass   Depression (Iullemmeden Basin)             Block   28         8,498         Â          Taoudeni   Basin             Block   29         25,898         Â          Taoudeni   Basin
AUREP is the Department responsible for the promotion of petroleum exploration under the MinistÃ¨re des Mines of Mali. 