Angola’s frontier Namibe basin is set to be the focal point of a licensing round, according to Sonangol, although US supermajor ExxonMobil has made an early play for a huge swathe of blocks in the area, writes Iain Esau.
According to the Angolan state-owned company, ExxonMobil is in talks to secure blocks 30, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45.
An ExxonMobil spokeswoman declined to comment.
