Orca-1, Offshore Mauritania -- Year's Largest Natural Gas Discovery In 2019 -- So Far -- Announced Monday, October 28, 2019

Mauritania coast: between Western Sahara to the north, Senegal to the south.

Link here to Rigzone.

• Kosmos Energy -- based in Dallas, TX
• deepest and largest discovery so far this year (2019)
• holds around 1.3 billion boe recoverable resources
• adds to world-class discoveries in Senegal and Mauritania
• Mauritania and Senegal are slowly becoming “world class” LNG centers, “with three different planned hubs containing around 10 million tons per annum, including the Yakaar-Terenga hub, Tortue hub and the Bira Allah hub”
• Mauritania now ties Guyana for the second most discovered volumes this year, trailing closely behind Russia with 1.5 billion boe