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Karpowership, Mitsui prepare to
deploy FSRU offshore Senegal
SENEGAL KARMOL, a joint venture formed by Turkey’s consumption. It was installed offshore Ghana
Karpowership and Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines before its transfer to Senegal.
(MOL), is preparing to transfer a floating storage The Karpowership vessel is capable of using
and regasification unit (FSRU) to Senegal, where both heavy residual fuel oil and natural gas to
it will be used for an LNG-to-power project. generate power. However, the Turkish firm has
In a statement, MOL said that the joint ven- said it intends to switch all of its powerships over
ture had taken delivery of the ship, known as the to gas, which is a more cost-effective and less pol-
Karmol LNGT Powership Africa, from the Sem- luting fuel. (It has also announced that Karmol is
bcorp Marine shipyard in Singapore on March building another FSRU for a similar project in
15. It also stated that it had begun sea trials of the Mozambique.)
vessel in advance of its deployment off the coast Gökhan Koçak, a member of the joint ven-
of Senegal. ture’s board, said that the project in Senegal
Karmol indicated that it expected the new showcased Karmol’s keen interest in LNG-to-
FSRU to depart from Singapore in early April power solutions for countries that have no gas of
and arrive in Senegalese waters by mid-May so their own. “Usage of FSRUs means we can unlock
that it can begin commercial operations in June. the benefits of clean and affordable electricity for
Once the unit arrives, it said, it will support the millions of people, even where countries have no
operations of the Karadeniz Powership Ayşegül domestic gas production or infrastructure. I am
Sultan, a vessel that Karpowership has deployed looking forward to the ship completing its sea
offshore Senegal. trials and beginning its voyage to Senegal.”
Each of the two ships is capable of storing Koçak added: “The use of FSRUs and power-
125,000 cubic metres of gas, it noted. ships is a ground-breaking solution [that] opens
The Turkish company has been using the up the prospect of stable electricity, powered
Karadeniz Powership Ayşegül Sultan to gener- by efficient, cleaner fuels, to many more coun-
ate electricity for delivery to Senegal’s domestic tries. Our Karmol partnership is at the core of a
market since August 2019. The ship has a gener- long-term plan to bring reliable, economical and
ating capacity of 235 MW and currently covers green electricity to our current partners and new
about 15% of the West African state’s total power customers.”
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