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Karpowership, Mitsui prepare

to deploy FSRU offshore Senegal

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

Nilepet-Rafinat JV launches

new refinery in Unity State

SOUTH SUDAN BENTIU, a joint venture formed by Russia’s capacity of 10,000 barrels per day and will there-
Rafinat and Nilepet, the national oil company fore support the government’s efforts to raise
(NOC) of South Sudan, has brought a new refin- the country’s oil-processing capacity to 127,000
ery on stream in Unity State. bpd, he said.
Yak Malong, Nilepet’s deputy managing Malong went on to say that Juba had author-
director for downstream operations, told report- ised Bentiu to build the refinery because it hoped
ers last week that the new plant had cost about that bringing more refined fuels to the domestic
$100mn to build. The facility has a throughput market would lead to a decline in prices.

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