I Szaba I can think of plenty of reasons. Probably the main one...

I Szaba I can think of plenty of reasons. Probably the main one is the Government have asked them not to go until they have had a look at the notification. Why? Well because Petrosen have PE rights. If the Government of Senegal, as I suspect and can only be the case given the WPL line of trying to circumvent PE, are peed off with WPL/COP for trying to pull a fast one then IMO they have created a headache of their own making.
As far as WPL having deemed approval, show me where WPL have said that the deal has been deemed approved or otherwise?
Remembering of course that FAR have stated to the ASX that the deal requires Government approval.
Have WPL contested this with the ASX/FAR?
If Government approval had been given, deemed or otherwise, WPL would have called FAR out IMO long ago. DB