Senegal
Population (World Bank): 17,196,308 (2021)
Metal/Exports (% of Total Merchandise Exports, World Bank): 7.3% (2021)
Petroleum Production (Million barrels per day, EIA): 0 Mb/d (2021)
Human Development Index (World Rank, UNDP): 168
2021 Resource Governance Index Score, Mining Sector (NRGI): 75/100
2021 Resource Governance Index Score, Oil and Gas Sector (NRGI): 82/100
EITI Status: Very High
Link to key economic information (Atlas of Economic Complexity)
Policy documents that include local content relevant provisions:
Petroleum Code 2019 (“Law 2019-03”) (French)
Investment Law (“Law 2004-06”) (French)
Local Content Relevant News:
January 2025 - Mauritania and Senegal: A Strengthened Partnership Around Local Gas Content
November 2022 – Exploitation phase of the Grande Tortue Ahmeyim gas field: Advocacy for the promotion of local expertise
August 2022 – Development of local content: The one-stop shop starts its activities
August 2022 – West Africa to Improve Local Content through Extractives Industry
August 2022 – Technip Energies, Petrosen to Sign Local Content MOU
April 2022 – Invest in Africa: Building Local Content Capacity for Senegalese SMEs
March 2022 – Nigeria Seals Oil, Gas Local Content Development Deal With Senegal
December 2021 – African Development Bank grants a million dollar grant to the NGO Invest in Africa to support SMEs
October 2021 – Senegal places local content at the center of the country’s energy sector agenda
July 2021 – Senegal Sets Up a Local Content Monitoring Committee (French)
February 2021 – Macky Sall's Guidelines on Oil and Gas Projects in Senegal (French)
Analysis and Case Studies:
Stent (2021) – Senegal’s New Local Content Laws
Geni & Kebe SCP (2019) – New Petroleum Code for Senegal: An Overview of the Major Innovations (Paywall)
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (2019) – Local Content: Senegal - Petroleum
Brabant et al. (2019) – The Revised Legal Framework for the Upstream Oil & Gas Industry in Senegal
Relevant Initiatives:
EITI Senegal (French)
2019 Reconciliation Report (French)
Africa Partner Pool Senegal (French)