While it has developed natural gas deposits for domestic consumption, French-speaking West Africa's largest economy has ignored its energy sector for decades as the government concentrated on developing agricultural exports.
Authorities are now seeking to develop offshore reserves in the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea.
"Today we have around 60 blocks. We've awarded about 20," Petroci's managing director Ibrahima Diaby said on the sidelines of an energy conference in Ivory Coast's capital Yamoussoukro.
"With
