South Sudan’s Ministry of Petroleum has postponed its first ever oil and gas licensing round which was set to kick off this month.
The decision follows the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed over 5000 people forcing nations to cancel several events in a bid to prevent the spread of the disease.
“Right now, we were in the middle of preparing for the first oil and gas licensing round. It was actually planned to be here by March but because of the coronavirus we could not even move,” Awow Daniel Chuang, Undersecretary in the Ministry of Petroleum told journalists in Juba.
Chuang along with Ministry of Petroleum officials, announced its bid to actively engage oil and gas companies focused on exploration, at two Africa focused events – Africa Oil & Power and the South Sudan Oil & Power 2019 (SSOP) – in Q4 2019.
Source:www.energynewsafrica.com