Sierra Leone: Bid round deadline extended

The government has extended the closing date for the country’s fourth licensing round from 28 June to 27 September following an extended election period in March resulting from a second-round run-off between the two main political parties. Getech Group chief executive Jonathan Copus said “a broad spectrum of international oil majors and large independents” had attended data rooms in Freetown, London and Houston since the launch of the round in London on 25 January.