- Senegal and Mauritania are deepening cooperation on the Grand Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) gas project through high-level ministerial and presidential engagements.
- The GTA project has begun LNG production, creating 3,000 jobs and exporting multiple cargoes since January 2025.
Senegal and Mauritania are strengthening their energy partnership, driven by ministerial and presidential engagements around the strategic Grand Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) gas project.
During a two-day visit to Dakar, Mauritanian Minister of Energy and Petroleum Mohamed Ould Khaled met Senegalese Energy Minister Birame Souleye Diop to review joint strategies for the GTA project. The ministers focused on maximising the project’s socioeconomic benefits and later held a working session with Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, underscoring the depth of cooperation between Dakar and Nouakchott.
That momentum has extended to the presidential level. On the sidelines of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani reaffirmed their commitment to closer energy collaboration. The two leaders had toured the GTA offshore platform together on May 22, 2025, a symbolic demonstration of their shared vision.
The GTA project, led by a consortium of BP, Kosmos Energy, Petrosen, and Mauritania’s Hydrocarbons Company (SMH), began production in January and shipped its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo in April. Phase 1 will supply around 2.4 million tonnes of LNG annually for international and domestic markets. Since 2017, the project has generated over 3,000 jobs and integrated 300 local businesses into its supply chain.
Senegal’s Ministry of Energy reported that two additional LNG cargoes, totalling 336,961 cubic meters, were completed in July. As commissioning operations advance, the partners plan to ramp up production and accelerate Phase 2, reinforcing the GTA project as a cornerstone of regional cooperation and economic growth.