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Rendering of gas hub established for GTA Phase 1 project (Image: Eiffage)
Even so, the FLNG is “[on] track for sail-away lines, it reported.
in the first half of 2023, as construction and BP and Kosmos are also working to find buy-
mechanical completion activities continue and ers for Phase 1 LNG production from GTA, the
commissioning work has begun,” the interim report stated. It said the companies were in talks
report said. with potential buyers to use existing contractual
It also noted that the floating production, rights under Phase 1 sales agreements in ways
storage and off-loading (FPSO) unit built for that allowed them to reap maximum benefit
Phase 1 of the project had not yet left the ship- from current market conditions – that is, from
yard in Qidong, China where it was built. The strong demand for gas in Europe, which has lost
FPSO has had to undergo extra inspection since much of its access to gas from Russia.
Typhoon Muifa hit the shipyard, which is owned Meanwhile, Kosmos said, the partners are
by Qidong Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry also in talks with each other, as well as the gov-
(CSHI), a subsidiary of China’s COSCO, in Sep- ernments and national oil companies (NOCs)
tember, it explained. of Senegal and Mauritania on plans for Phase
The storm compromised the FPSO’s moor- 2 of the GTA project. They said all the parties
ing lines and caused it to drift about 200 metres were looking to find a solution that offered the
away from the quay, the interim report said. The maximum benefit at the lowest cost and were
vessel has been returned, and inspections have considering development plans that made use
not turned up any evidence of significant dam- of the infrastructure that is being put in place
age, it stated. for Phase 1.
“The forward plan is to complete all GTA, which straddles the offshore border
inspections and incorporate any findings into between Mauritania and Senegal, contains
mechanical completion activities, along with around 15 trillion cubic feet (425bn cubic
commissioning work prior to sail-away, which metres) of gas, enough to support an export-ori-
is expected around the end of the year,” it added. ented LNG project as well as pipeline deliveries
In the meantime, Kosmos added, the part- to Senegal’s domestic market. Kosmos discov-
ners have installed a shallow-water export ered gas at the block in 2015 and then teamed
pipeline linking the FPSO to the gas hub. up with BP for the project in 2016.
They also hope to lay a deepwater pipeline and The two companies made an FID on Phase
in-field flowlines and have engaged a deepwater 1 of the project in late 2018. They have said they
pipe-laying vessel for the job, it said. This ship is want to produce 2.5mn tonnes per year (tpy) of
currently in the vicinity of the GTA and carrying LNG in this stage, perhaps rising later to 5mn
out final tests prior to launching work on these tpy. Output could then double in Phase 2. ™

Sparrows wins contract for

Tullow’s FPSO at Jubilee field

GHANA SPARROWS Group (UK), an engineering and services for Tullow Oil (UK/Ireland) on the
maintenance services specialist for the global Kwame Nkrumah (KNK), a floating produc-
energy and industrial sectors, has secured a tion, storage and off-loading (FPSO) vessel
two-year contract to provide crane maintenance installed at the Jubilee oilfield offshore Ghana.

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