Transparency and Disclosures in an Evolving Regulatory Environment

Kosmos aspires to be a leader in transparency and anticorruption. We have set a high standard for transparent behavior by disclosing the terms of our petroleum agreements and reporting payments made to our host governments – including specific entities – at the project level and in aggregate. We are open about our business dealings with host governments because transparency builds trust and accountability. All our petroleum agreements with host governments are available here. The lists of the payments we made to governments in 2021 can be found here.

Kosmos has met with stakeholders around the world who want to better understand how the oil and gas industry works. To that end, we have organized and facilitated workshops in nearly every country where we operate to deepen the knowledge of various government agencies, parliamentarians, civil society organizations, and media outlets working to promote good governance and transparency in the oil and gas sector.

We strongly support the work of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a leading global standard that strengthens governance by promoting transparency and accountability in the oil, gas, and mining sectors. The EITI requires participating governments to establish a multi-stakeholder steering group comprised of representatives of governments, business, and civil society to oversee a process in which companies declare material payments to government, and the government declares all material receipts from extractive companies. These figures are reconciled, and any discrepancies are identified and investigated by an independent expert.

We have been a Supporting Company of the EITI since 2012. Kosmos has operations in several countries that have implemented or are in the process of implementing the EITI: Ghana, Mauritania, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Senegal. In these countries, we engage with the EITI through feedback and dialogue in the multi-stakeholder groups. Kosmos is an alternate member of the EITI’s Board of Directors.

We advocate for the adoption of EITI by our host governments. When we operate in countries that are not yet members of the EITI, we actively promote the EITI and the transparent management of any revenues from natural resources.