Orca find boosts Mauritania LNG prospects
Kosmos makes the year’s largest deepwater gas discovery
BP and US independent Kosmos Energy’s Orca-1 discovery in the BirAllah area off Mauritania could pave the way for a standalone LNG project in Mauritania. It would complement the Tortue/Ahmeyim floating LNG project already being developed by the two companies to the south, based on reserves straddling the Mauritania-Senegal maritime border. Orca-1 is the world’s largest deepwater hydrocarbon discovery this year and was the ninth well in succession drilled by the partners in the 400km-long Mauritania/Senegal inboard gas trend to hit commercially promising quantities. Kosmos takes the exploration lead in the licences it shares with majority stakeholder and operator BP, as well as the relevant s
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