The National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced today that it is continuing to implement the stages of the public tender round for exploration, after the efforts of its technical team were crowned with success during the first stages. Final arrangements are under way to activate the virtual data room, it added.
The NOC said a total of 43 companies and one consortium applied during the first phase of the tour, which saw a series of meetings organised by the NOC in a number of international cities.
Earlier, the NOC had announced the qualification of 29 companies as operators and 8 companies as investors, after they met the criteria and conditions approved to qualify, leading to the process of competition and final screening according to the approved mechanism in this regard.
The following table shows the names of the companies qualified to enter the bid round 2025:
Operator
1. British Petroleum- BP Exploration Libya Limited
2. Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) Limited
3. Chevron Business Development EMEA Itd.
4. CNODC Management B.V. China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Company
5. DNO ASA
6. ExxonMobil – Esso Exploration International Limited
7. Eni North Africa B.V. Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi
8. FORMENTERA PARTNERS
9. Harbor Energy pic
10. Jereh Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group Co., Ltd
11. PJSC LUKOIL-PUBLIC JOINT STOCK COMPANY LUKOIL OIL COMPANY
12. MOL PLC
13. QatarEnergy International E&P
14. OMV Exploration & Production Gmbh
15. OGDCL-Oil & Gas Development Company Limited
16. OQ E&P OQ Exploration & Production SAOG
17. PGNIG Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (ORLEN)
18. PETROGAS E&P Petrogas Exploration & Production LLC
19. PPL-Pakistan Petroleum Limited
20. REPSOL Exploration Murzuq Sharara Assets S.L.U
21. Shell International B.V.
22. SNG-Soyuz Nefte Gaz Interstate oil company
23. SONATRACH DIRECTION GENERALE
24. TotalEnergies E&P
25. TPAO Turkish Petroleum Overseas Company Limited
26. UEG- United Energy Group Limited
27. Woodside (GOM)Inc
28. Zhen Hua Oil Co., Ltd
29. ZPEC-Zhongman Petroleum and Natural Gas Group Corp., Ltd
Investor
1. Bares Holding SA
2. Cheiron Petroleum Corporation
3. Geo-jade Petroleum Corporation
4. GHPL-Government Holdings Private Limited
5. Gran Tierra Energy
6. GulfSands Gulfsands Petroleum pic
7. Indian Oil Company Limited
8. Natural Oilfield Services LTD
