Ministère de l'Energie, du Pétrole et des Mines

What Ministère de l'Energie, du Pétrole et des Mines does

The Ministère de l'Énergie, du Pétrole et des Mines is the Government of Senegal's ministry responsible for policy, regulation, and oversight of the national electricity, hydrocarbons, and mining sectors. It drafts and enforces the country's sectoral codes — including the Petroleum Code (2019), Mining Code (2016), Gas Code (2020), Electricity Code (2021), and Local Content laws for hydrocarbons and mining — and operates digital portals for mining cadastre (via the Landfolio platform), petroleum cadastre, and local content monitoring. Its mandate is to deliver universal energy access, manage extractive resources sustainably, and implement the Sénégal 2050 energy transition vision.

Under its supervision sit 13 wholly-owned state entities spanning the full value chain: SENELEC (electricity production, transmission, distribution), SAR (oil refining), PETROSEN Holding with subsidiaries PETROSEN E&P (upstream exploration and production) and PETROSEN T&S (downstream trading and services), RGS (gas pipeline network), MIFERSO (iron ore mining), SOMISEN (national mining company), SGNS (national geological service), and agencies ASER (rural electrification), AEME (energy efficiency and demand management), ANER (renewable energy promotion), and INPG (petroleum and gas training, research, and accreditation). The ministry is led by Minister Dr. El Hadji Abdourahmane DIOUF, appointed in 2024 under President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye.

The ministry operates as a government entity with no commercial revenue model; its funding flows from the State budget. It does not sell products or services at market prices, instead delivering policy, licensing, regulatory oversight, and digital public infrastructure to Senegalese citizens, the national economy, and licensed extractive-industry operators. Customer engagement is conducted via official website communications, press releases, the Médiathèque, and direct government-to-business portals for permits, titles, and compliance.

Name

Ministère de l'Energie, du Pétrole et des Mines

Legal name

Ministère de l'Energie, du Pétrole et des Mines

Website

https://energie-mines.gouv.sn

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Senegal's Ministry of Energy, Petroleum and Mines sets national policy and regulates the electricity, hydrocarbons, and mining sectors, operating sectoral codes, digital cadastre portals, and supervising 13 state-owned agencies spanning power, refining, upstream, mining, and renewables.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Energy & Mineral Resources Administration

NAICS

Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities (926130), Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (926150), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAOAJ

Energy, Utilities & Natural Resources Regulators

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Regulatory Agencies & Licensing (Cross-sector)

SECONDARYBPAIAMAJ

Minerals, Mining & Geologic Resources Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Environmental Protection & Natural Resources Administration

SECONDARYBPAIABAO

State/Provincial Licensing, Permitting & Regulatory Administration (Cross-sector)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/State/Provincial & Regional Government Administration

Keywords

• Energy policy regulation
• Petroleum sector oversight
• Mining sector administration
• Hydrocarbon licensing
• Government energy services

Headquarters

HQ city

Dakar

HQ country

Senegal

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The Ministère de l'Energie, du Pétrole et des Mines is the Government of Senegal's central administration responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring national policy in the electricity, oil & gas, and mining sectors. It issues mining and hydrocarbon titles, regulates operators, publishes geological data via the SIG Senegal geoportal, and supervises state-owned enterprises (PETROSEN, SENELEC, SSM) that operate in upstream oil & gas, power generation, and mineral resource development.

Product overview

The Ministère de l'Energie, du Pétrole et des Mines is Senegal's government ministry overseeing the energy, petroleum, and mining sectors. The ministry provides a portfolio of digital services including online cadastres for mining titles (via Landfolio platform) and petroleum titles, plus a local content monitoring platform. Under its supervision are multiple national companies and agencies: SENELEC (electricity), SAR (refining), PETROSEN group (petroleum exploration, production, and trading), RGS (gas network), MIFERSO and SOMISEN (mining), and various energy agencies (ASER for rural electrification, AEME for energy efficiency, ANER for renewables, INPG for petroleum/gas training, SGNS for geology). The ministry's product portfolio consists primarily of policy-making, regulatory oversight, and digital government service portals for cadastre management and title administration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Official Ministry Website & e-Services Portal Web portal operated by the ministry providing administrative e-services (online procedures), news, publications, and policy documents to citizens, investors, and operators in Senegal's energy and mining sectors.
• SIG Senegal Geoportal Public-facing geological and mining information system publishing cadastral and geological data made available by Senegalese geological survey services to mining and oil & gas operators and the public.
• Online Mining Permit & Cadastre Application Service Administrative procedure for the online submission, processing, and tracking of mining permit applications and cadastral operations related to mineral titles in Senegal.
• Public Procurement Platform Online platform publishing procurement notices, tenders, and contract opportunities issued by the ministry and its supervised agencies.
• Petroleum & Mining Licensing and Contract Oversight Statutory government service — oversight of the issuance of hydrocarbon and mining titles, production-sharing contracts, mining conventions, and the supervision of state operators (PETROSEN, SSM, SENELEC) in Senegal.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ministère de l'Énergie, du Pétrole et des Mines (Mauritanie): Mauritania's parallel ministry covering hydrocarbons, energy, and mines. Highly comparable because Mauritania is a neighboring West African state with shared offshore gas geology (GTA/Tortue complex straddles the border) and a similar upstream-focused regulatory model.
• Ministère des Mines et de l'Énergie (Burkina Faso): Burkinabè ministry regulating mining (gold) and energy with a comparable structure of national agencies and SOEs. Shares francophone West African regulatory traditions and small-economy dependence on extractives.
• Ministère de l'Énergie et de l'Eau (Mali): Malian ministry handling energy policy and oversight. Comparable scope over power-sector regulation, rural electrification, and a state utility footprint, in the same francophone West African governance setting.
• Ministère du Pétrole, des Mines et de l'Énergie (Guinée): Guinean ministry combining hydrocarbons, mining (bauxite), and energy oversight. Functionally parallel to Senegal's ministry in scope and SOE governance model.
• Ministère de l'Énergie et des Mines (Côte d'Ivoire): Ivorian ministry with an overlapping energy + mining mandate, comparable national-company structure (PETROCI, SODEMI equivalents), and similar petroleum code / mining code regulatory framework. Same UEMOA/West African institutional context.

Regional players

• Ministère de l'Énergie, des Mines et de l'Environnement (Maroc): Moroccan ministry with an enlarged energy + mines + environment mandate. Comparable regulatory function and SOE structure (ONHYM, ONEE) but operates at materially larger scale and includes environmental portfolio beyond Senegal's scope.
• Ministry of Energy (Ghana): Ghanaian ministry responsible for energy policy and regulation with an analogous role over a state utility, a national petroleum corporation, and renewables/transition strategy. Anglophone counterpart to Senegal's francophone model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Mepmsenegal
• Facebookfacebook.com/MPESenegal
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mepmsenegal

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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