TABLE-Gabon to start final talks for offshore oil blocks

DAKAR, July 22 (Reuters) - Gabon has selected seven companies for a final round of negotiations as part of a licensing round for its deep offshore oil blocks, the country's oil ministry said. Here is the list of rankings for the nine blocks due to be allocated. The companies listed in the first column will be invited to finalise negotiations for the signature of CEPPs (exploration and production-sharing contracts), an oil ministry statement said on Monday. The ministry said it has t