Production has started at Senegal's first offshore oil project, the Australian group Woodside Energy said Tuesday, as the country's new government eyes higher profits from natural resources. “This is a historic day for Senegal and for Woodside,” the company’s chief executive, Meg O’Neill, said in a statement. The vessel extracting the oil is moored about 100 kilometers (60 miles) offshore at the Sangomar oil fields.
PERTH, Australia, June 11, 2024--Woodside has achieved first oil from the Sangomar field offshore Senegal, marking the safe delivery of the country’s first offshore oil project.
PERTH, Australia, June 03, 2024--The Woodside Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Anthony (Tony) O’Neill as a nonexecutive Director, effective 3 June 2024.