Sri Lanka Offers Four Blocks in Mannar Basin for Oil, Gas Exploration Licencing

Sri Lanka seeks investors for offshore oil and gas after decade-long hiatus

COLOMBO, Aug 26 — Sri Lanka is seeking international bids for offshore oil and gas exploration, authorities announced yesterday, more than a decade after an Indian firm abandoned commercial drilling citing high costs.The island nation said it was offering four offshore blocks covering about 34,000 square kilometres (13,127 square miles) in the Indian Ocean for exploration, development and commercial production.Sri Lanka, which imports all of its…

Sri Lanka offers four blocks in Mannar basin for oil, gas exploration licencing

Sri Lanka opens offshore oil and gas blocks to global bidders

The island nation said it was offering four offshore blocks covering about 34,000 square kilometres in the Indian Ocean for exploration, development and commercial production.

Sri Lanka offers four offshore exploration blocks in new licensing round

Sri Lanka has launched its 2026 licensing round, offering four offshore exploration blocks covering nearly 34,000 km² in the Mannar basin, where previous drilling has confirmed a working petroleum system and gas-condensate discoveries.

Frontier Energy Network takes Sri Lanka oil, gas licensing round to global investors

By Devan Daniel Frontier Energy Network will take Sri Lanka’s newly launched oil and gas licensing round to the international upstream market through a targeted campaign aimed at connecting the country with global operators and investors capable of evaluating and investing in the four offshore blocks on offer. UK-based Frontier Energy Network Founder and CEO Gayle Meikle, speaking virtually ye ..

Mannar Basin Oil exploration licenses officially announced

The Ceylon Petroleum Development Authority today officially launched this year’s oil exploration license round for the Mannar Basin, at a ceremony held at the head office of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC). The event was presided over by Minister of Power and Aviation Anura Karunathilake and Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Finance Anil Jayantha Fernando. Under the program, four exploration blocks covering approximately 34,000 sq…