Nigeria's oranto wins first block in sao Tome round

摘要

Cape Town-Nigeria's Oranto Petroleum has been awarded exploration rights for an oil block in Sao Tome and Principe's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), the first of the seven blocks in Sao Tome's 2010 offshore EEZ round to be awarded. The block granted to Oranto, block 3, covers an area of 4,228 sq km and is situated in zone A of the EEZ, the country's National Petroleum Agency (ANP-STP) said in a statement May 5.