Individual Country Report: MAURITANIA
Strategic Analysis (SA) at the Henry Jackson Society (HJS) has just released its MENA Oil and Gas Sector Risks and Forecasts Report as well as Individual Country Risk and Forecast Reports. The Lebanon report utilises a high-profile network with a detailed knowledge of the region. This is something that will benefit individuals within the legal, financial services, energy, banking, consultancy and infrastructure sectors.
Strategic Analysis leverages the unique specialist capabilities of the Henry Jackson Society Research Division to provide clients with decision-ready, commercially relevant research, analysis and consulting services to assist them with mitigating risks and identifying opportunities for their business. Our highly skilled analysts frequently appear on the BBC, Sky, Al-Jazeera and often write for the New York Times and the Financial Times, amongst other papers. The Henry Jackson Society regularly deals with the House of Commons and organises high profile events with the likes of Mohammad Yunus and Jeffrey Sachs.
Executive Summary
Mauritania offers attractive prospects for foreign oil companies. The country has proven hydrocarbon basins, both offshore in the Cotier Basin and onshore in the Taoudeni Basin, but remains largely unexplored. While the country is an inexperienced democracy, relative political stability following democratic elections in 2009 has prompted renewed foreign investment in the mining and hydrocarbon sectors. Mauritania is facing risks such as operational risks as well as security risks with the growing threat of AQIM in the region.
This individual country report provides updates on Mauritania’s developing gas industry in the first quarter of 2013. On-going political, security, and operational risks are presented with a short and long term forecast of risks to investment.
Strategic Analysis leverages the unique specialist capabilities of the Henry Jackson Society Research Division to provide clients with decision-ready, commercially relevant research, analysis and consulting services to assist them with mitigating risks and identifying opportunities for their business. Our highly skilled analysts frequently appear on the BBC, Sky, Al-Jazeera and often write for the New York Times and the Financial Times, amongst other papers. The Henry Jackson Society regularly deals with the House of Commons and organises high profile events with the likes of Mohammad Yunus and Jeffrey Sachs.
Executive Summary
Mauritania offers attractive prospects for foreign oil companies. The country has proven hydrocarbon basins, both offshore in the Cotier Basin and onshore in the Taoudeni Basin, but remains largely unexplored. While the country is an inexperienced democracy, relative political stability following democratic elections in 2009 has prompted renewed foreign investment in the mining and hydrocarbon sectors. Mauritania is facing risks such as operational risks as well as security risks with the growing threat of AQIM in the region.
This individual country report provides updates on Mauritania’s developing gas industry in the first quarter of 2013. On-going political, security, and operational risks are presented with a short and long term forecast of risks to investment.
MAURITANIA
SECTOR OVERVIEW
KEY COMPANIES
DOMESTIC
INTERNATIONAL
BLOCKS/COMPANIES GRAPH
FIELD/BLOCK INFORMATION AND MAP
PRODUCTION
RESERVES AND EXPLORATION
CФTIER BASIN (OFFSHORE) BLOCK AND OPERATOR MAP
LICENCE INFORMATION
INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSIT ROUTES
PORTS
POWER PLANTS
PIPELINES
REFINERY
POLITICAL
DOMESTIC
BACKGROUND
CIVIL UNREST
POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS ON ACCESS TO RESERVES
CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY
RELEVANT INSTITUTIONS
INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL AGREEMENTS AND RELATIONS
AFRICAN UNION
ARAB LEAGUE
ARAB MAGHREB UNION
MOROCCO
SENEGAL
ECONOMIC
KEY INDICATORS
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
RENEWED INVESTOR CONFIDENCE IN THE HYDROCARBON INDUSTRY
ENERGY MARKET AND CONSUMPTION
LEGISLATION
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LAW NO.88.151 (1988) – HYDROCARBON LAW
EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION CONTRACTS
TAX
SECURITY
DOMESTIC
TERRORISM
COUNTER-TERRORISM
INTERNATIONAL
CROSS-BORDER GEOPOLITICAL RISKS
FORECAST
SECTOR OVERVIEW
KEY COMPANIES
DOMESTIC
INTERNATIONAL
BLOCKS/COMPANIES GRAPH
FIELD/BLOCK INFORMATION AND MAP
PRODUCTION
RESERVES AND EXPLORATION
CФTIER BASIN (OFFSHORE) BLOCK AND OPERATOR MAP
LICENCE INFORMATION
INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSIT ROUTES
PORTS
POWER PLANTS
PIPELINES
REFINERY
POLITICAL
DOMESTIC
BACKGROUND
CIVIL UNREST
POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS ON ACCESS TO RESERVES
CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY
RELEVANT INSTITUTIONS
INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL AGREEMENTS AND RELATIONS
AFRICAN UNION
ARAB LEAGUE
ARAB MAGHREB UNION
MOROCCO
SENEGAL
ECONOMIC
KEY INDICATORS
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
RENEWED INVESTOR CONFIDENCE IN THE HYDROCARBON INDUSTRY
ENERGY MARKET AND CONSUMPTION
LEGISLATION
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LAW NO.88.151 (1988) – HYDROCARBON LAW
EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION CONTRACTS
TAX
SECURITY
DOMESTIC
TERRORISM
COUNTER-TERRORISM
INTERNATIONAL
CROSS-BORDER GEOPOLITICAL RISKS
FORECAST
