Mauritania: Kosmos takes Block C-6

Kosmos Energy has signed an agreement for Block C-6, which is adjacent to its existing Block C-12. The block was previously licensed to Tullow Oil, which pulled out in 2014. The Zoulé-1 well in Q4 05, and the Gharabi-1 well Q1 11 were both dry. Tullow had planned to drill a commitment well on the Sidewinder prospect as part of a four-well drilling programme, but instead opted to pull out as a cost-saving measure. Kosmos signed an agreement for the block during the Mauritanides mining, oil and gas conference in Nouakchott in mid-October.