Project Profile
Value: $250 Million
Location: St Louis Block, offshore Senegal
Start-up year: 2017
The project will see the exploration of a licence which covers the northernmost inshore section of the Senegalese offshore area and adjoins Mauritanian Block 1.
Kosmos has held rights to conduct exploration in the St. Louis Offshore Profond under PSC with the Government of Senegal since 2014.
3-D seismic data of 7,000 sq. km over the central and eastern portions of the Cayar Offshore Profond and Saint Louis Offshore Profond blocks is obtained. (January, 2015)
Additional 4,500 sq. km of seismic data was scheduled in the western portions of both blocks to fully evaluate the prospectivity. The survey was expected to be completed in February 2016.
Operators:
Kosmos: Operator with 60% interest
BP: 30% interest
Petrosen (Senegal NOC): 10% interest