PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Jul.2025, Words: 329) — New legislation in the Dominican Republic lays the groundwork for an oil round in 2026, through which exploration blocks will be put out to tender in different areas of the Caribbean country that have already been the subject of preliminary geological studies.
Said legislation, Law 37-25, was approved by the national Congress after a consultation and deliberation process. It will come into force immediately after its publication in the Official Gazette, the daily newspaper Lístin Diario reported on 1 Jul. 2025.
