BP agrees deal with Kosmos Energy to partner on world-class discoveries in Mauritania and Senegal and cooperate on future exploration

The deal gives BP a leadership position in an emerging world-class, low-cost gas basin with advantaged access to global gas markets
BP announced today that it has signed agreements with Kosmos Energy to acquire a 62% working interest, including operatorship, of Kosmos’ exploration blocks in Mauritania and a 32.49% effective working interest in Kosmos’ Senegal exploration blocks — acreage which holds world-class deepwater gas discoveries and exploration prospectivity across both countries. …