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Liberia upstream summary

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Exploration in Liberia has yet to achieve commercial success, with Narina being the only sub-commercial discoveryThe oil and gas industry in Liberia is still in its infancy. Initial exploration in the 1970s, which focused on shallow water, pre-rift targets, was unsuccessful. Two civil wars (1989-1996 and 1999-2003) caused significant damage. Exploration resumed in 2011 spurred on by the excitement from the 2007 Jubilee discovery in Ghana, which drew explorers' attention to the Atlantic ...

Table of contents

    • Exploration in Liberia has yet to achieve commercial success, with Narina being the only sub-commercial discovery
    • The failure of the Mesurado-1 well and allegations of corruption have led to prolonged inactivity in the upstream sector
    • Liberia has a new President
    • The government has pursued direct negotiations to revive its oil and gas industry
  • Key facts
  • Location maps
    • Geology Introduction
    • West African Transform Margin
      • Sedimentary Basins
      • Source Rocks
      • Reservoirs and Traps
    • Licensing
      • Offshore Licensing
      • Onshore Licensing
      • Historical Licensing
    • Drilling
      • Drilling activity
      • Seismic activity
  • Reserves and resources
    • Oil/liquids
    • Gas
    • Introduction
    • Key legislation
    • Regulatory body
    • State oil company
    • Licensing
    • Overview
    • Upstream
      • Production Sharing Contracts
      • Hydrocarbon Reconnaissance License
    • Mid/Downstream
      • Pipelines
      • Gas Utilisation
    • Current fiscal terms
      • State equity participation
      • Bonuses, rentals and fees
      • Indirect Taxes
      • Royalty and Other Production Taxes
      • Domestic Market Obligation (DMO)
      • Cost Recovery
      • Profit Sharing
      • Contractor Revenue Entitlement
      • Product Pricing
      • Corporate (or Petroleum) Income Tax
      • Additional Profits Taxes
      • Fiscal/Contractual Ring-Fences
      • Dividend Withholding Tax

Tables and charts

This report includes 8 images and tables including:

  • Key facts: Table 1
  • Location of Liberia
  • Reserves and resources: Table 1
  • Geology of Liberia
  • Liberia basin stratigraphic column
  • Blocks in Liberia
  • Fiscal terms: Table 1
  • Fiscal terms: Table 2

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