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)

• Local Content Law 2019 (“Law 2019-04”) (French)

• Investment Law (“Law 2004-06”) (French)

Local Content Relevant News:

• July 2025 - Vivo Energy launch oil & gas scholarship programme

• June 2025 - Senegal: BNDE mobilizes its forces to support local content in mining and hydrocarbons

• April 2025 - Training and employment in the extractive sector: A tripartite agreement between the 3Fpt, the Cnscl and the Inpg to strengthen local skills

• January 2025 - Mauritania and Senegal: A Strengthened Partnership Around Local Gas Content

• March 2023 - Main developments in solar energy in the MSGBC region (French)

• 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

• July 2022 - Gauff Engineering train 247 youths in solar equipment operation and maintenance (French)

• 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)