Mauritania: Shell takes blocks C-10, C-19


Issue 374 - 27 Jul 2018 | 2 minute read

Royal Dutch Shell has entered the West African Atlantic Margin, taking two recently relinquished blocks offshore Mauritania. The company announced on 23 July that it had signed production-sharing contracts with the government for blocks C-10 and C-19. Once it has obtained government approval for the contracts, Shell will open an office in Nouakchott and begin exploration activities, starting with reprocessing and analysis of existing seismic data and acquisition of new data, the company said.Shell will operate the exploration programme with a 90% interest.

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