Mauritania

How Did Africa’s Prospective Petroleum Producers Fall Victim to the Presource Curse
This paper reviews resource sector developments in 12 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that made their first (major) petroleum discoveries during the most recent commodity boom. The analysis, which goes back to 2001, looks at sector forecasts of international organizations, governments, and companies and compares them with the results that emerged

Near Zero Methane and Zero Flaring: Supporting tangible action in emerging producers

The NPG organised a training/workshop on minimising emissions from the petroleum sector, 11-15 September 2023. Thtraining was hosted by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy of Senegal. The government of Mauritania sent a delegation to the training to develop action plans to minimise emissions from their petroleum sector and coordinate these emissions at the national climate policy level.