Contrary to what is reported by several sources including ours, the British Petroleum (BP) oil company did not sell its gas blocks in Mauritania to Total.
On the contrary, the British group has just reinforced its presence on the block of the large turtle / Ahmedine gas field, located 125 kilometers off the coasts of Mauritania and Senegal.
Many observers had reported last week that the move of Total’s CEO to Nouadhibou, the economic capital of the country where he met with the Mauritanian head of state was the sign of negotiations for the purchase of BP blocks.
In fact, the French group is also looking to get a foothold in the Mauritanian eldorado. There is every reason to believe that the competition between the two majors is just beginning in the country of millions of poets.
