Country Report
Democratic Republic of Congo upstream summary
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Report summary
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has opened 52 exploration blocks to investors. The government announced the decision during the 42nd Council of Ministers meeting in May 2025. The blocks cover 124 million hectares in the Central basin. No formal licensing round is currently underway following the cancellation of the 2022 licensing round in October 2024. The government cited late submissions and insufficient competition as reasons for the cancellation. The announcement marks a fresh ...
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Key facts
- Location maps
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Key companies
- Producing companies
- Acreage holders
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Geology
- Introduction
- Lower Congo basin
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East Africa rift system
- The Albert-Edward Rift basin
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Zaire basin
- Petroleum system
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Exploration
- Licensing
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Drilling
- Drilling activity
- Offshore Lower Congo basin
- Onshore Lower Congo basin
- Albert-Edward Rift basin
- Reserves and resources
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Production
- Oil
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Infrastructure
- Oil infrastructure
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Costs
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Capital costs
- Capital expenditure by location
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Operating costs
- Operating expenditure by location
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Capital costs
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Policy and regulation
- Key legislation
- Regulatory body
- State oil company
- Licensing
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Fiscal terms
- Overview
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Upstream
- Concession
- Production sharing contract
- Current fiscal terms
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Concessions
- State equity participation
- Carry & reimbursement
- Bonuses, rentals and fees
- Other bonuses and fees
- Royalty and other production taxes
- Royalty
- Export duty
- Environmental / CO2 taxes
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Production sharing contracts (2015 onwards)
- State equity participation
- Signature bonuses
- Production bonuses
- Area rentals
- Training fees
- Other bonuses & fees
- Indirect taxes
- Royalty
- 12 more item(s)...
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Key facts: Table 1
- Country map
- Reserves and resources: Table 1
- Reserves and resources: Table 2
- Major tectonic phases, stratigraphic events and depositional stratigraphy of Congo/Angola
- Democratic Republic of Congo acreage map
- Production: Table 1
- Production: Table 2
- Liquids production by region
- Exploration drilling by region
- Drilling activity by well type
- Costs: Table 1
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What's included
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