Côte d’Ivoire/Ghana: TEN suspension requested

The government of Côte d’Ivoire has asked the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Itlos) to order Ghana to suspend operations on the TEN development until a decision can be reached on the two countries’ maritime boundary dispute. A full verdict from the Hamburg-based tribunal is expected towards the end of 2017. TEN operator Tullow Oil said a decision on the Ivorian request should be handed down before the end of April 2015. Ghana took the dispute to the tribunal last year in an effort to resolve the long-running dispute after bilateral negotiations failed to make significant progress.