Mauritania Awards Upstream Licenses
Mauritania, in an attempt to boost offshore exploration, on 5 April signed production sharing contracts (PSCs) for four deepwater blocks, three going to US independent Kosmos Energy and one to...
View ArticleMauritania Looks To Offshore Gas To Fuel Its Energy Future
Mauritania’s long-undeveloped offshore gas reserves are set for exploitation via one or more gas-fired power plants and possible exports of both gas and electricity to neighbouring Senegal.
View ArticleWärtsilä To Build Gas-Fired Power Plant In Mauritania
State-owned Société Mauritanienne de l’Électricité (Somelec) has awarded a €128mn turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Finland’s Wärtsilä for a power plant at Nouakchott.
View ArticleTullow Consolidates Mauritanian Position Ahead Of Key Drilling Campaign
Irish independent Tullow Oil has expanded its already dominant position offshore Mauritania and will kick off a four-well exploration campaign in the second quarter ahead of a 2014 final investment...
View ArticleMasdar Launches Mauritania Solar Plant
Abu Dhabi’s state renewable energy company Masdar on 18 April launched a 15mw capacity solar photovoltaic (PV) plant at Nouakchott, Mauritania.
View ArticleMauritania Plans
The Moroccan excitement, and geology, also extends south into offshore Mauritania. Unlike Morocco there is currently production offshore Mauritania.
View ArticleMauritania Bags $850Mn
Arab financial organizations pledged a total of $856mn in loans and grants to Mauritania at an international investment forum held in the capital Nouakchott on 26 January to support the economy,...
View ArticleMauritania Hopes To Open New Atlantic Frontier
Mauritania hopes its most intensive year ever of exploration drilling beckons an exciting hydrocarbon future. But the first ‘high impact’ well was something of a flop.
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