Malaysian national oil company, Petroliam Nasional (Petronas) and Noble Energy have been granted a production sharing contract offshore Douala in Cameroon. Societe Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH), the national petroleum company of Cameroon has confirmed that the deal was to develop the Gulk of Guinea with exploration rights worth US$119 millions.
The deal is seen as an extension to Noble-Petronas current involvement in Cameroon's YoYo gas project.
The exploration right is reported to contain oil reserves of between 40 million and 70 million bbl with SNH holding 25% interest in production right. Both Petronas and Noble Energy are given a 25-year exploitation license renewable for ten additional years.
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