American upstream oil and gas company Kosmos Energy has commenced the process of scaling down its stake in the lucrative Greater Tortue Anheyim gas project on the Senegal/Mauritania maritime border as the Dallas-based firm seeks to entrench its position on even more strategic offshore resource assets in West Africa. Company chairman and chief executive officer Andrew G. Inglis said on Monday Kosmos Energy, which also has a foothold in Ghana and Suriname, has received "significant industry interest" following its intention to sell down its position in Mauritania and Senegal to around 10%. "We have commenced a formal process, with bids expected by the end of summer," he said during the release of 2019 first quarter results. Earlier, Inglis had confirmed "Kosmos has received unsolicited interest from a number of third parties concerning Tortue and our wider Mauritania and Senegal discoveries."