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Cosco subsidiary wraps up work on FPSO

for GTA block offshore Senegal, Mauritania

AFRICA SENEGAL and Mauritania have moved a step the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It also
closer to launching LNG production with the stressed, though, that these delays were not
completion of the floating production, storage expected to affect plans for launching gas pro-
and off-loading (FPSO) unit that will be installed duction at the block in the third quarter of 2023
at the offshore Greater Tortue/Ahmeyim (GTA) and then starting LNG production in the fourth
block, operated by BP (UK). quarter of the same year.
Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (CSHI), a GTA, which straddles the offshore border
subsidiary of China’s COSCO, finished work between Mauritania and Senegal, contains
on the FPSO at its shipyard in Qidong last week, around 15 trillion cubic feet (425bn cubic
marking the milestone with a ceremony on Sep- metres) of gas, enough to support an export-ori-
tember 9. CSHI noted in a statement that the ented LNG project as well as pipeline deliveries
event had been attended by representatives of to Senegal’s domestic market. Kosmos discov-
BP and TechnipFMC (US/France), its engineer- ered gas at the block in 2015 and then teamed
ing, procurement, construction, installation and up with BP for the project in 2016.
construction (EPCIC) contractor. The two companies made an FID on Phase 1
The Chinese company built the topside mod- of the project in late 2018. To support LNG pro-
ules for the FPSO and was also responsible for duction, they have contracted Bermuda-regis-
engineering, procurement and construction of tered Golar LNG to convert the Gimi LNG
the vessel’s main hull and living quarters, which tanker into a floating LNG (FLNG) vessel with
can accommodate up to 140 people. The ship a Phase 1 production capacity of 2.5mn tonnes
is 270 metres long, 54.5 metres wide and 31.5 per year (tpy). ™
metres deep.
Technip Energies, which was spun off from
TechnipFMC in February 2021, confirmed the
completion of the FPSO in a separate statement
posted on social media sites. “This FPSO is a key
part of the Greater Tortue/Ahmeyim LNG pro-
ject and will soon sail to Mauritania and Senegal
to create a new energy hub in Africa,” it said.
The statement did not specify when the ves-
sel was expected to begin its voyage to the GTA
block. Kosmos Energy (US), BP’s partner in the
project, reported recently that the FPSO was not
expected to depart the shipyard until the fourth
quarter of the year because of delays related to Rendering of finished GTA FPSO with all modules installed (Image: TechnipFMC)

REFINING & FUELS
Iran plans to construct oil refineries in

Venezuela and Uruguay, says lawmaker

MIDDLE EAST AN Iranian lawmaker said on September 13 that Iran get around the US sanctions regime. He was
Iran has plans to construct oil refineries in Ven- referring to the trade restrictions that Washing-
ezuela and Uruguay, the semi-official Tasnim ton has put in place in an attempt to block sales
News Agency reported. of Iranian oil and petroleum products.
Mohammadreza Mir-Tajeddini, a member According to Mir-Tajeddini, Iran would pro-
of the Iranian Parliament’s planning and budget vide technical and engineering services to assist
committee, said the refinery projects would help with the construction of the refineries.

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