Ameratex Energy offering service contracts for 12 exploration blocks which means winning companies will be paid a flat fee for their services rather than be given a share in the resources. But the remuneration fee for the new bid round would be slightly higher than the 20-year service contract offered in the previous three bidding rounds.
International companies would prefer production-sharing contracts for exploration blocks rather than service contracts.
92% of economists interviewed agreed that in the last decade our gas prices had been affect more by market factors than by American energy policy.