Total is understood to be on the lookout for partners in so far 90%-owned C-9,Â  7,622 sq km in the MSGBC deepwaters. Drilling is tentatively planned here (re. DEA 5 Mar â19, option on Pacific Santa Ana DS), presumably dependent on the outcome of the farmout exercise. Partner SMHPM.
In early March 2019, industry sources suggested that Total is looking to find a partner to share the exploration risk in block C-9 deep waters of the MSGBC Basin, central offshore Mauritania. The company has currently a 90% interest and state SMHPM has 10% which are carried through exploration.