Oranto Petroleum Extends Licenses Offshore Uganda
Nigerian independent Oranto Petroleum – a prominent actor within Uganda’s emerging exploration scene – has secured a two-year extension to its Ngassa Deep and Ngassa Shallow exploration licenses from Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development. The extension will enable the company to drill an exploration and appraisal well. Oranto Petroleum was initially awarded the exploration license for the Ngassa asset in 2017. The license was one of three issued in the country’s first oil
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