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Kosmos and [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]] reached a deal in June 2012, where subsidiary Chevron Global Energy Inc. received a 50% working interest in Block 45 and Block 42 in Suriname, to boost operations.<ref name="OET20062012">{{cite news |url=http://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/chevron-acquires-offshore-suriname-acreage/ |title=Chevron acquires offshore Suriname acreage |date=20 June 2012 |publisher=OffshoreEnergyToday.com |accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref> In May 2016, Kosmos reached a farm-out agreement with a subsidiary of [[Hess Corp.]], wherein Hess acquired a 33% non-operated interest in Block 42 from Kosmos and Chevron.<ref name="OffshoreMag04052016">{{cite news |url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2016/05/hess-farms-into-block-42-offshore-suriname.html |title=Hess farms into block 42 offshore Suriname |date=4 May 2016 |publisher=Offshore-Mag.com |accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref>
 
Kosmos began a controversial oil drilling project in the [[Cape Bojador]] area in 2014 off the coast of the disputed territory of Western Sahara.<ref name="Milne16">{{cite news |title=Norway oil fund drops investment in Cairn and Kosmos |last1=Milne |first1=Richard |last2=Stacey |first2=Kiran |url=https://www.ft.com/content/3ed3be5a-3d19-11e6-8716-a4a71e8140b0?mhq5j=e1 |newspaper=[[Financial Times]] |date=28 June 2016 |accessdate=10 July 2017 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In an article from February 2015, former UN legal counsel Hans Corell stated that exploration activities by Kosmos and [[Glencore]] were in violation of the legal opinion he wrote for the UN Security Council.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Responsibility of the UN Security Council in the Case of Western Sahara|url=http://www.judicialmonitor.org/current/specialcommentary.html |accessdate=29 March 2015|publisher= International Judicial Academy}}</ref> Kosmos responded that its operations complied with international law and were consistent with the UN opinion.<ref name="Milne16"/><ref name="Noueihed14">{{cite news |title=Simmering Saharan conflict stirred by offshore oil search |last1=Noueihed |first1=Lin |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/westernsahara-oil-idUSL6N0KN1I120140113 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=13 January 2014 |accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref> Kosmos officials also told media it recognized that its work in the area must occur alongside UN-led mediation.<ref name="Noueihed14"/><ref name="Liljas14">{{cite news |title=There's a New Terrorist Threat Emerging in Western Sahara, and the World Isn't Paying Attention |last1=Liljas |first1=Per |url=httphttps://time.com/3085464/theres-a-new-terror-threat-emerging-in-western-sahara-and-the-world-isnt-paying-attention/ |newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=8 August 2014 |accessdateaccess-date=20 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="Landers13">{{cite news |title=A Dallas company could help diplomacy by finding oil in Western Sahara |last1=Landers |first1=Jim |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/health-care/2013/12/02/a-dallas-company-could-help-diplomacy-by-finding-oil-in-western-sahara |newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |date=December 2013 |accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref>
 
The company said local populations in Western Sahara would benefit from the economic development of the region.<ref name="Noueihed14"/><ref name="Liljas14"/> A Kosmos official told ''Reuters'', "If we are successful, we believe responsible resource development has the potential to create significant social and economic benefits for Western Sahara and its people. We have worked in close partnership with Morocco — as the ''de facto'' administering power of the territory. They have a vital role to play in ensuring benefit sharing, among other important issues, will happen should we be successful".<ref name="Noueihed14"/>
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Senegal and Mauritania signed a cooperation agreement to allow for Kosmos and BP to develop gas resources shared by the two counties in February 2018.<ref name="Bavier18">{{cite news |title=Senegal, Mauritania agree to cooperate on giant offshore gas field |last1=Bavier |first1=Joe |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/senegal-mauritania-gas/senegal-mauritania-agree-to-cooperate-on-giant-offshore-gas-field-idUSL8N1PZ6OY |date=9 February 2018 |accessdate=23 September 2019}}</ref> BP and Kosmos made a final investment decision on the Tortue project in December 2018, leading to the first phase of the Tortue LNG development.<ref name="Tortue-Go">{{cite news |title=BP gives go-ahead to Tortue investment in Africa LNG push |work=Gulf Times |url=https://www.gulf-times.com/story/617654/BP-gives-go-ahead-to-Tortue-investment-in-Africa-L |date=27 December 2018 |accessdate=23 September 2019}}</ref>
 
Kosmos Energy acquired Deep Gulf Energy, expanding Kosmos' oil and gas operations into the [[Gulf of Mexico]], in August 2018.<ref name="French18">{{cite news |title=Kosmos Energy expands into Gulf of Mexico with $1.23 billion DGE buy |last1=French |first1=David |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-dge-m-a-kosmos-energy/kosmos-energy-expands-into-gulf-of-mexico-with-1-23-billion-dge-buy-idUKKBN1KR0J4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806093107/https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-dge-m-a-kosmos-energy/kosmos-energy-expands-into-gulf-of-mexico-with-1-23-billion-dge-buy-idUKKBN1KR0J4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 6, 2018 |date=6 August 2018 |accessdate=23 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="TOGY18">{{cite news |title=Kosmos in Gulf of Mexico acquisition |work=The Oil & Gas Year |url=https://www.theoilandgasyear.com/news/kosmos-in-gulf-of-mexico-acquisition/ |date=18 September 2018 |accessdate=23 September 2019}}</ref> In December 2018, Kosmos was reincorporated in [[Delaware Corporation|Delaware]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1509991/000150999119000063/kos-12312018x10k.htm|title=2018 Form 10-K|date=2018-12-31|website=Securities and Exchange Commission}}</ref> Previously, it was incorporated in [[Bermuda]].<ref name="10K2016P-1">{{cite web|url=http://www.kosmosenergy.com/annualreport/2016/?page=8|title=2016 Form 10-K|work=2016|publisher=Kosmos Energy|accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref>
 
==Operations==
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Kosmos Energy discovered the Jubilee Oil Field in 2007. The Jubilee field is estimated to hold up to {{convert|1|Goilbbl|abbr=off}} of oil and {{convert|800|e9cuft|abbr=off}} of natural gas.<ref name="Smith2010">{{cite news |title=New Oil—and a Huge Challenge—for Ghana |last1=Smith |first1=Jeff |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2010/12/1012115-oil-ghana-environment-jubilee/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217154657/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2010/12/1012115-oil-ghana-environment-jubilee/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 17, 2010 |newspaper=[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]] |date=16 December 2010 |accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref> [[United States Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Clinton]] reportedly advocated for Kosmos and other U.S.-based oil companies in Ghana as Kosmos began development of the Jubilee field.<ref name="Grandoni16">{{cite news |title=How Hillary Clinton's State Department Fought For Oil 5,000 Miles Away |last1=Grandoni |first1=Dino |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/dinograndoni/oil-in-ghana |newspaper=[[BuzzFeed]] |date=2 October 2016 |accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref> In addition to Jubilee, Kosmos is a partner on the TEN (Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme) project developing the Tweneboa, Enyenra, and Ntomme hydrocarbon accumulations.<ref name="OTTen">{{cite web |url=http://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/ten-development-project-deepwater-tano-ghana/ |title=TEN Development Project, Deepwater Tano License, Ghana |publisher=Offshore-Technology.com |accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref> Oil first flowed from TEN in 2016, which sits approximately {{convert|30|nmi|km|sigfig=1|abbr=off}} off the coast of Ghana.<ref name="OTTen"/><ref name="201610K-P16">{{cite web |url=http://www.kosmosenergy.com/annualreport/2016/?page=24 |title=2016 10-K |date=2016 |publisher=Kosmos Energy |accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref>
 
In 2016, Kosmos owned a 24.1% stake in Jubilee and a 17% stake in TEN.<ref name="10K2016-P15">{{cite web |url=http://www.kosmosenergy.com/annualreport/2016/?page=22 |title=2016 Form 10-K |page=15 |date=2016 |publisher=Kosmos Energy |accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref> Kosmos announced in late 2021 it had acquired an additional 18% interest in the Jubilee Field and an additional 11% interest in the TEN field, both from [[Occidental Petroleum Corporation]] for $550 million.<ref name="2021KE"> {{cite news|title=Kosmos Energy consolidates interests in Ghana's producing Jubilee and TEN fields|url=https://hawilti.com/energy/upstream/kosmos-energy-consolidates-interests-in-ghanas-producing-jubilee-and-ten-fields/ | date=October 14, 2021| access-date=April 25, 2022}}</ref> The 2021 transaction was subject to a 30 day [[pre-emption right|pre-emption]] period, which was exercised by [[Tullow Oil]] reducing Kosmos' total interest in Jubilee to 38.3% and TEN to 19.8%.<ref name="Ghanafields">{{cite news|title=Tullow Oil bolsters position in Ghana fields|url=https://www.offshore-energy.biz/tullow-oil-bolsters-position-in-ghana-fields/ | last=Kulovic | first=Nermina| work=Offshore Energy | date=March 21, 2022 |access-date=April 25, 2022}}</ref>
 
===Equatorial Guinea===
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Kosmos has operated in the Cayar and St. Louis blocks offshore Senegal.<ref name="Ba14">{{cite news |title=Kosmos to buy into Senegal offshore blocks for $400 mln |last1=Ba |first1=Diadie |last2=Feliz |first2=Bate |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/senegal-oil-kosmos-energy-idUSL6N0RZ0QY20141004 |newspaper=[[Reuters]] |date=4 October 2014 |accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref> At the time of operation it held a 32.51% interest in each of the two exploration licenses.<ref name="LNGWorldNews">{{cite news |title=BP joins Kosmos to develop West Africa LNG export project |url=http://www.lngworldnews.com/bp-joins-kosmos-to-develop-west-africa-lng-export-project/ |newspaper=LNG World News |date=19 December 2016 |accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref>
 
In Mauritania, Kosmos has acreage in the C8 and C12 blocks which range in depth from 100 to 3,000 meters. C8 and C12 are located on the western margin of the Mauritania Salt Basin offshore Mauritania.<ref name="2021Annual'">{{cite web|title=2021 Annual Report|url=https://www.kosmosenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Kosmos-2021-AR.pdf| access-date=May 22, 2022}}</ref>
It made a significant gas discovery at its Tortue-1 well in Block C-8, offshore Mauritania, in April 2015.<ref name="OET270415"/> The well was drilled to test the Tortue West prospect, forming a part of the Greater Tortue complex.<ref name="OET270415"/> Its next discovery offshore came at Kosmos' Marsouin-1 exploration well, later renamed Bir Allah, in the northern part of Block C-8.<ref name="OET12112015">{{cite news |url=http://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/kosmos-hits-gas-offshore-mauritania/ |title=Kosmos in second gas discovery offshore Mauritania |date=12 November 2015 |publisher=OffshoreEnergyToday.com |accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref> With results from its Ahmeyim-2 appraisal well, Kosmos estimated the Tortue West contains {{convert|15|e12cuft|abbr=off}} of gas, and the Greater Tortue Complex contains more than {{convert|20|e12cuft|abbr=off}}.<ref name="Rigzone16032016">{{cite news |title=Kosmos hits gas at Ahmeyim-2, increases Tortue resourced estimates |url=http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/143567/kosmos_hits_gas_at_ahmeyim2_increases_tortue_resources_estimates |newspaper=Rigzone |date=16 March 2016 |accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref> Company officials said this discovery confirmed that the Tortue gas resource, which is also called Ahmeyim, straddles the maritime boundary between Senegal and Mauritania.<ref name="Addison16"/>
 
Kosmos and BP have a [[farm-out agreement]] over the joint gas discovery in Mauritania and Senegal, as well as future exploration.<ref name="OET19122016">{{cite news |url=http://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/bp-teaming-up-with-kosmos-in-mauritania-and-senegal/ |title=BP teaming up with Kosmos in Mauritania and Senegal |date=19 December 2016 |publisher=OffshoreEnergyToday.com |accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref> Under the deal, Kosmos focuses on exploration, while BP controls development and production operations.<ref name="Ward17"/><ref name="Burkhardt16"/> The two companies have discovered an estimated {{convert|15|e12cuft|abbr=off}} of gross Pmean gas resource at the Yakaar-1 exploration well.<ref name="OET08052017">{{cite news |url=http://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/kosmos-hits-major-gas-discovery-off-senegal/ |title=Kosmos hits 'major' gas discovery off Senegal |date=8 May 2017 |publisher=OffshoreEnergyToday.com |accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref> At the end of 2018, Kosmos Energy announced a final investment decision for phase 1 of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG Project alongside BP.<ref name="Tortue-Go"/><ref name="Tortue-FID">{{cite news |title=BP sanctions Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG project |work=LNG World News |url=https://www.lngworldnews.com/bp-sanctions-greater-tortue-ahmeyim-lng-project/ |date=21 December 2019 |accessdate=23 September 2019}}</ref>
 
The Greater Tortue Ahmeyin (GTA) natural gas field is being developed to produce gas from a deepwater system to a midwater [[floating production storage and offloading]] (FPSO) vessel. The FPSO processes the gas for liquefaction and sends the gas via pipeline to a [[floating liquefied natural gas]] (FLNG) facility. The FLNG facility is located on the Mauritania and Senegal maritime border.<ref name="AR2021"/><ref name="GTA Gas"/> As of September 2022, phase 1 of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project was expected to begin production in 2023 with an estimated yield of approximately 2.5 million tons annually; a final investment decision had not been reached for phase 2. The GTA project will provide global export and provide gas availability for domestic use in Mauritania and Senegal.<ref name="GTA Gas">{{cite news|title=Germany Should Look to Africa for Gas, Not Russia|last=Ramachandran|first=Vijaya|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/11/germany-putin-russia-gas-energy-africa-development/|magazine=[[Foreign Policy]] |date=March 11, 2022|access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref><ref name="AR2021"/><ref name="Bloomberg Sept2022">{{cite news |title=Gas Project in Senegal Needs $5 Billion of Investment, Sall Says |last1=Hoije |first1=Katarina |last2=Niang |first2=Momar |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-01/gas-project-in-senegal-needs-5-billion-of-investment-sall-says |work=Bloomberg |date=September 1, 2022 |access-date=February 27, 2023}}</ref>
 
Kosmos Energy confirmed gas resources at the Yakaar-2 appraisal well offshore Senegal.<ref name="Yakaar2">{{cite news |title=Kosmos Energy confirms gas at Yakaar-2 appraisal well offshore Senegal |work=Offshore Technology |url=https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/kosmos-energy-yakaar-2/ |date=23 September 2019 |accessdate=1 October 2019}}</ref> In October 2019, Kosmos made a major gas discovery at its Orca-1 exploration well offshore Mauritania. The company estimated the total gas available as 100 trillion cubic feet.<ref name="100Tril">{{cite news|title=Kosmos Energy eyes increasing oil, gas production 50% by 2024|url=https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/es/market-insights/latest-news/natural-gas/050922-kosmos-energy-eyes-increasing-oil-gas-production-50-by-2024| last=Spencer|first=Starr|work=SPGlobal|date=May 9, 2022|access-date=May 22, 2022}}</ref><ref name="100TF2">{{cite web|title=Mauritania - Senegal: an emerging New African Gas Province – is it still possible?|url=https://www.oxfordenergy.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Mauritania-%E2%80%93-Senegal-an-emerging-New-African-Gas-Province-%E2%80%93-is-it-still-possible-NG163.pdf |last=Ouki|first=Mostefa|work=Oxford Energy|date=October 1, 2020|access-date=May 25, 2022}}</ref>
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===Other African countries===
Kosmos had ownership interests in six blocks offshore Sao Tome and Principe, including two blocks where Kosmos partnered with BP.<ref name="Bavier-SaoTome">{{cite news |title=BP, Kosmos win rights to two oil blocks in Sao Tome and Principe |last1=Bavier |first1=Joe |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-saotome-oil/bp-kosmos-win-rights-to-two-oil-blocks-in-sao-tome-and-principe-idUKKBN1FC138 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123103906/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-saotome-oil/bp-kosmos-win-rights-to-two-oil-blocks-in-sao-tome-and-principe-idUKKBN1FC138 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 23, 2018 |date=23 January 2018 |accessdate=23 September 2019}}</ref> In 2018, Kosmos announced it would explore a number of blocks offshore with [[Royal Dutch Shell]].<ref name=Namibia-SaoTome/> Shell purchased five of the Kosmos blocks in 2020.<ref name="Shell">{{cite news|title=Kosmos Sells Frontier Interests to Shell in $100-Million Deal| url=https://jpt.spe.org/kosmos-sells-frontier-interests-shell-100-million-deal| work=Journal of Petroleum Technology|date=September 8, 2020|access-date=May 25, 2022}}</ref> As of 2022 Kosmos continues to have an interest in Block 5 in Sao Tome.<ref name="STP">{{cite news |title=Shell, Galp spud well offshore Sao Tome|url=https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/africa/ep-africa/408323/sao-tome-galp-jaca/| work=Energy Voice|date=March 5, 2022|access-date=May 25, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Farm Down">{{cite news|title=Kosmos closes farm down of exploration assets to Shell
|url=https://www.offshore-energy.biz/kosmos-and-shell-close-farm-down-of-exploration-assets/ | last=Kulovic|first=Nermina|work=Offshore Energy| date=December 10, 2020|access-date=May 26, 2022}}</ref>
 
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In Ghana, the company established the Kosmos Innovation Center in 2016, offering entrepreneurship programs to help diversify Ghana's economy, including the agriculture industry specifically.<ref name="Ampofo17"/> Among the center's projects is the AgriTech Challenge, which invites young innovators to develop programs to develop commercial agriculture in Ghana. In 2017, the AgriTech Challenge attracted 400 participants.<ref name="Yeboah17">{{cite news |title=Kosmos Innovation Center 2017 AgriTech Challenge takes off |last1=Yeboah |first1=Isaac |url=http://www.graphic.com.gh/business/business-news/kosmos-innovation-center-2017-agritech-challenge-takes-off.html |newspaper=Graphic Online |date=13 February 2017 |accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref> In addition, Kosmos has worked with the Safe Water Network to provide residents in Western Ghana with access to clean water.<ref name="Ablordeppey15">{{cite news |title=The Nzemaland, water and income: Kosmos' triple bottom line at work |url=http://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/the-nzemaland-water-and-income-kosmos-triple-bottom-line-at-work.html |newspaper=Graphic Online |date=23 September 2015 |accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref>
 
The company has partnered with an NGO, Le Partenariat, to sponsor programs in Senegal to improve the environment.<ref name="Ndarinfo18102016">{{cite news |title=Amélioration du cadre de vie: Kosmos Energy s'engage auprès des populations de la Langue de Barbarie |trans-title=Improvement of the living environment: Kosmos Energy commits to the populations of the Langue de Barbarie | language = fr |url=http://www.ndarinfo.com/Amelioration-du-cadre-de-vie-Kosmos-Energy-s-engage-aupres-des-populations-de-la-Langue-de-Barbarie_a17233.html |newspaper=Ndarinfo.com |date=18 October 2016 |accessdate=13 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="Ndarinfo20052017">{{cite news |title=LANGUE DE BARBARIE : vers l'éradication d'au moins 80% des dépôts irréguliers de déchets |url=http://www.ndarinfo.com/LANGUE-DE-BARBARIE-vers-l-eradication-d-au-moins-80-des-depots-irreguliers-de-dechets-video_a19052.html |newspaper=Ndarinfo.com |date=20 May 2017 |accessdate=13 July 2017}}</ref> In 2018, Kosmos Innovation Center launched a start-up accelerator program in Senegal. The program supports young entrepreneurs working to improve the agriculture, livestock, fisheries sectors and Senegal's overall economy.<ref name="Senegal Inn">{{cite news|title=Lancement du concours «" Sénégal Start-Up Accelerator »" pour booster les startups sénégalaises|url=https://www.socialnetlink.org/2018/10/13/kosmos-innovation-center-et-reach-for-change-lancent-le-concours-senegal-start-up-accelerator-pour-booster-les-startups-senegalaises/ |date=October 13, 2018|access-date=May 29, 2022|work=Social Netlink}}</ref> Kosmos launched the Mauritania Innovation Challenge (MIC) in August 2018, and it is modeled after the Kosmos Innovation Center.<ref name="MIC">{{cite news|url=https://cridem.org/C_Info.php?article=718154 |title=Kosmos Energy at the heart of a partnership initiative to promote entrepreneurship in Mauritania|date=November 12, 2018|access-date=May 29, 2022|work=CRIDEM}}</ref>
Kosmos donated $67,500 worth of equipment to Polytechnic College of Suriname in 2016, to be used in its undergraduate Mechanical Engineering and Infrastructure programs.<ref name="starnieuws17">{{cite news |title=PTC receives practice materials from Kosmos Energy |url=http://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/40457 |newspaper=Starnieuws |date=22 March 2017 |accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref> In 2017, the company donated $56,600 worth of equipment for students studying mineral production at [[Anton de Kom University of Suriname]].<ref name="DBSuriname17">{{cite news |title=Kosmos Energy Suriname doneert equipment van USD 56.600 |url=http://www.dbsuriname.com/dbsuriname/index.php/kosmos-energy-suriname-doneert-equipment-van-usd-56-600/ |newspaper=Dagblad Suriname |date=13 June 2017 |accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref> Kosmos has worked with international security company Safe Start to develop and deliver a safety training program for technical schools in the country.<ref name="DeWest16">{{cite news |title=Kosmos Energy Suriname werkt aan veiligheidscultuur op technische scholen |url=http://dagbladdewest.com/2016/11/05/kosmos-energy-suriname-werkt-aan-veiligheidscultuur-op-technische-scholen/ |newspaper=De West |date=5 November 2016 |accessdate=13 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="Gompers16">{{cite news |title=Kosmos Energy verzorgt veiligheidstraining voor scholen |last1=Gompers |first1=René |url=http://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/38211 |newspaper=Starnieuws |date=5 November 2016 |accessdate=13 July 2017}}</ref> The company has also created hunger relief and entrepreneurship projects in Ghana.<ref name="Hunger-projects">{{cite news |title=Kosmos Energy commissions 3 hunger relief projects |author=Zadok Kwame Gyesi |work=Graphic Online |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/kosmos-energy-commissions-3-hunger-relief-projects.html |date=November 25, 2021 |access-date=April 27, 2022}}</ref>
 
Kosmos is a supporting company of the [[Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative]] (EITI).<ref name="EITI1">{{cite web|url=https://resourcegovernance.org/sites/default/files/documents/past-the-tipping-point-contract-disclosure-within-eiti-web.pdf |title=Past the Tipping Point? Contract Disclosure within EITI| last1=Hubert|first1=Don|last2=Pitman|first2=Rob| work=Natural Resource Government Initiative| access-date=April 28, 2022}}</ref> As part of the company's transparency efforts, it began publishing project payments in 2014. It also publishes contracts and petroleum agreements,<ref name="GOV">{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-government-week-2019/transparency-in-the-worlds-oil-gas-and-mining-industries-the-uks-contribution | work=Gov UK |title=Transparency in the world's oil, gas, and mining industries - the UK's contribution | date=April 3, 2019|access-date=April 30, 2022}}</ref> and has disclosed U.S. tax payments.<ref name="tax1''">{{cite news|title=US NGOs want Exxon ousted from global transparency board|work=Stabroek News |url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2018/02/12/news/guyana/us-ngos-want-exxon-ousted-from-global-transparency-board/ |date=February 12, 2018| access-date=April 12, 2022}}</ref>
 
==References==
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[[Category:Oil companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Mining in Ghana]]
[[Category:Warburg Pincus companies]]
[[Category:Blackstone Inc. companies]]