April 4 (LNGJ) - QatarEnergy, which supplied the commissioning cargo over the weekend from Ras Laffan for the new East Coast Indian LNG import terminal at Dhamra on the Odisha coast, also signed an agreement with Shell on April 2 to acquire a 40 percent working interest in the C-10 block located offshore the West African nation of Mauritania, a future LNG producer.
QatarEnergy will hold a 40 percent working interest in the exploration and production agreement for the C-10 block operated by Shell and in which the Mauritanian national energy company SMH has a 10 percent stake. Mauritania is additionally a shareholder along with neighbour Senegal in the BP-led development of floating LNG projects in the Atlantic Margin waters.
