Obituary: Andrew Grosse

Geologist Andrew Grosse, who pioneered exploration of Mauritania’s offshore, has died of cancer aged 57. Most recently, Grosse was exploration director for Greece’s Energean Oil & Gas, which he joined in October 2011 after almost a decade at Sterling Energy. Before joining Sterling he was British Borneo’s international exploration manager, working in the Gulf of Mexico and in Mauritania, where he was instrumental in securing an interest in the offshore acreage which subsequently delivered the Chinguetti and Tiof oil discoveries.