UK-based independent Cairn Energy has been awarded an exploration block off Suriname, in a similar geological setting across the Atlantic Ocean from its major SNE oil and gas discovery in Senegal.
The acreage award came as Cairn confirmed that Woodside Energy, SNE’s development operator, issued bid documents for the project’s subsea hardware and floating production, storage and offloading vessel.
Cairn has been awarded 100% control of Block 61 off Suriname and is currently negotiating a production sharing contract.
