Côte d’Ivoire signs eight production sharing contracts with Petrobras

Profit oil split of 62.5% to the State and 37.5% to Petrobras; 75% of the sedimentary basin is now under licence.


Côte d’Ivoire awarded eight production sharing contracts to Petrobras in a single day, Financial Afrik reported on 18 September 2026. The State’s share of production is set at 62.5% and Petrobras’s at 37.5%.

The award brings about 75% of the country’s sedimentary basin, around 63,000 square kilometres, under contract. Work commitments were not detailed in the report reviewed.