Oran, Algeria – June 24, 2025: From June 24 to 26, 2025, the Oran Convention Center hosted the 12th edition of the SONATRACH Scientific & Technical Days, a significant gathering for energy professionals. Discussions revolved around current challenges in oil and gas exploration and production, environmental sustainability as part of the energy transition, and digital...Continue Reading
Nouakchott, Mauritania – June 20, 2025: the Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) department gathered SMH employees at the company’s premises in Nouakchott for an interactive safety awareness session. Under the leadership of the head of the HSE department and an engineering executive, this friendly gathering highlighted SMH’s continuous commitment to fostering a genuine workplace safety...Continue Reading
The initial phase of the partnership between the Mauritanian Hydrocarbons Company (SMH) and Sonatrach was successfully launched at the start of the third week of May 2025. This inaugural stage has seen the deployment of a first group of SMH staff to the Algerian Petroleum Institute where they will undertake a training programme. Training combining...Continue Reading
From May 13 to 15, 2025, a delegation from the Société Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures (SMH), led by its Director General, Mr. Ismaïl Abdel Vetah, participated in the Africa Energies Summit in London – one of the continent’s leading events dedicated to the upstream oil and gas industry. Accompanied by SMH’s technical teams, the Director General...Continue Reading
This morning, a delegation from the Algerian Petroleum Institute (IAP) of the SONATRACH Group was officially received by the Director General of SMH, Mr. Ismail Abdel Vettah, marking the beginning of a series of strategic exchanges aimed at strengthening cooperation between SMH and SONATRACH. This working visit, conducted within the framework of the Memorandum of...Continue Reading
On February 5, 2025, a fire drill was conducted at the SMH petroleum products storage terminal in collaboration with local firefighters. The exercise aimed to test and strengthen team responsiveness in the face of a major incident within a sensitive environment, such as a petroleum products site. Realistic scenarios were simulated to assess coordination among...Continue Reading
Following the visit of the SMH delegation to SONATRACH, which took place in Algiers from January 26 to 30, 2025, an official ceremony was held at SONATRACH’s General Directorate for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two companies. On this occasion, the Director General of SMH, Mr. Ismaïl Abdel Vetah, and...Continue Reading
The Grand Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) project marks a historic milestone today with the announcement of the First Gas from the first well. This key achievement launches Phase 1 of the project, with gas now flowing to the GTA floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel. Please find below the joint statement from the Governments of...Continue Reading
His Excellency Mohamed OULD KHALED, Minister of Energy and Petroleum of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, accompanied by Mr. Ismail Abdelvettah, General Director of the Société Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures (SMH), welcomed on December 19, 2024, in Nouakchott, a high-level Senegalese delegation led by His Excellency Birame Souleye Diop, Minister of Energy, Petroleum, and Mines of...Continue Reading
On Friday, December 6, 2024, the Director General of the Société Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures (SMH), Mr. Ismail Abdel Vetah, signed, on behalf of the Environmental Commission (EC), a Partnership Agreement with the Naval Academy and the Higher Institute of Marine Sciences (ISSM). The signing ceremony, held at SMH headquarters, brought together members of the Environmental...Continue Reading
