Kosmos Energy: Difference between revisions

===Mauritania and Senegal===

Kosmos operates 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> It holds a 32.51% interest in each of its 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 holds 28% stakes in four blocks.<ref name="10K2016-P18">{{cite web |url=http://www.kosmosenergy.com/annualreport/2016/?page=26 |title=2016 Form 10-K |date=2016 |page=18 |publisher=Kosmos Energy |accessdate=10 July 2017}}</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"/> 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> 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 50 trillion cubic feet of gas.<ref name="McAllister19">{{cite news |title=Kosmos Energy makes major gas discovery off Mauritania |last1=McAllister |first1=Edward |last2=Pujol-Mazzini |first2=Anna |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mauritania-kosmos-energy/kosmos-energy-makes-major-gas-discovery-off-mauritania-idUSKBN1X717L |date=28 October 2019 |accessdate=2 December 2019}}</ref>

 

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