British multinational oil and gas company bp has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Mauritanian government whereby the two parties will collaborate on research and development as well as project rollout regarding large-scale green hydrogen production in the country.
The MoU was signed during the COP27 summit in Egypt by the President of Mauritania, H.E Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani; bp’s Chief Executive, Bernard Looney; bp’s Executive Vice President of Gas and Low Carbon Energy, Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath; bp’s Executive Vice President of Production and Operations, Gordon Birrell; and bp’s Senior Vice President for Mauritania and Senegal, Emil Osmayilov.