Effective immediately, all foreign nationals employed in the oil, gas and mining sector must submit their hiring company's local content plan and related documents when applying for a Work and Residence Permit.

2016 was the year of expansion for Senegal's energy sector. Indeed: in February, the Tobène electrical plant was started at Taiba Ndiaye, 90 kilometres north-east of Dakar

Senegal has interested oil and gas companies for over 60 years, but it is only in the last three years that the country has come to the fore as a potential world-class hydrocarbon basin.

Alors que les groupes pétroliers et gaziers s'intéressent au Sénégal depuis plus de soixante ans, ce n'est que depuis trois ans que le pays s'est révélé constituer un bassin d'hydrocarbures...

Senegal is a civil law jurisdiction, meaning that the core principles of law are codified and serve as the primary source of law.

The Senegalese legal framework was completely renewed one year ago by Law n°2021-31 of 9 July 2021 creating an Electricity Code which replaces the previous Law n°98-29 on the electricity sector.

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