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Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
BP dithers over Tortue phase one launch

The British oil major has repeatedly revised its timetable for the offshore gas field as problems mount, much to the annoyance of the two governments involved. [...]

Published on 15/09/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal BP dithers over Tortue phase one launch

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
BP dithers over Tortue phase one launch

Senegal
Airbus keen on Grand Tortue aerial surveillance contract

Senegal
Dakar and BP at loggerheads over local content

Mauritania, Senegal
BP's launch plans for Tortue thwarted again

Senegal
Fortesa, two years after deadly Gadiaga explosion, plans to drill new well

Mauritania
BP considering BirAllah gas project withdrawal

Spotlight | Senegal
Macky Sall's refusal to meet BP bigwig throws another spanner in Grand Tortue works

Mauritania, Senegal
BP spearheads British diplomacy in West Africa

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McDermott teams up with Bolloré to work for Kosmos and BP

Mauritania
Monaco Resources teams up with Ould Noueigued to vie for Tortue logistics contracts

West Africa
Kosmos execs between a rock and a hard place as frontier exploration ends

Spotlight | Senegal
BP discreetly discusses reducing stake in Grand Tortue

Mauritania
BP's new Grand Tortue Ahmeyim project director pays first visit to Nouakchott

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