TEN development continues after UN ruling

The International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (Itlos) has rejected Côte d’Ivoire’s request to order Ghana to suspend operations on Tullow Oil’s TEN development until a decision can be reached on the two countries’ maritime boundary dispute. The Hamburg-based Tribunal’s Special Chamber ruled that no new drilling should take place in the disputed area, but that suspending the existing development risked damaging the marine environment. The two governments will now decide between them how the decision should be implemented.