Mauritania is set to become a major gas producer from 2022 after BP in late 2018 decided to approve development of the 15tcf Tortue field. Further discoveries and exploration by Exxon, Shell and Total as well as BP hold out the prospect of more to come.
GDP | 5.2 | $bn |
Growth | 2.4 | %GDP |
Debt | 50 | $bn |
Debt to GDP | 97 | % |
ALL DATA 2018 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.
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Mauritania’s Tortue LNG remains set for first gas in Q3 & LNG in Q4. But operator BP’s pullback from new upstream developments has seen it write-off $3bn and exit plans to develop other Mauritania and Senegal gas reserves leaving erstwhile partner Kosmos to go it alone.
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