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BP and its partner are about 80% complete with 1 of the project in late 2018. To support LNG
all preparations for the launch of Phase 1 opera- production, they have contracted Bermu-
tions at the GTA block, which straddles the off- da-registered Golar LNG to convert the Gimi
shore border between Mauritania and Senegal. LNG tanker into an FLNG vessel with a Phase
They expect to begin extracting gas in the third 1 production capacity of 2.5mn tonnes per year
quarter of 2023 and will then load and export (tpy). ™
their first cargo of LNG in the fourth quarter of
the same year.
Gordon Birrell, BP’s executive vice president
for production and operations, said separately at
the MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2022 conference
on September 1 that work on the floating pro-
duction, storage and off-loading (FPSO) vessel
that will be installed at GTA was moving for-
ward. The ship is slated to sail from the Chinese
shipyard where it is being built before the end of
2023, he said.
GTA contains around 15 trillion cubic feet
(425bn cubic metres) of gas, enough to support
an export-oriented LNG project as well as pipe-
line deliveries to Senegal’s domestic market.
Kosmos discovered gas at the block in 2015 and
then teamed up with BP for the project in 2016.
The two companies made an FID on Phase GTA straddles the Senegal-Mauritania maritime border (Image: Kosmos Energy)

BPCL expects Mozambique LNG

group to resume work in H1-2023

AFRICA THE Mozambique LNG consortium is likely Mozambique’s forces, supported by a regional
to resume activity in the first half of 2023, coalition, progress is being made in improv-
according to India’s Bharat Petroleum Corp. ing the security situation in the region, and the
Ltd (BPCL), a non-operating shareholder in the project will resume once the security situation
French-led group. is stabilised in a sustainable manner,” he stated.
BPCL chief executive Arun Kumar Singh Singh did not offer any further details.
said at his company’s annual general meeting As of press time, TotalEnergies had not com-
(AGM) on August 29 that the consortium was mented on his statements about a return to work
on track to start work again soon since secu- in the first half of 2023. Patrick Pouyanné, the
rity conditions were improving in northern French major’s CEO, had said in February that
Mozambique. his company might need a year before resuming
“Now, with the efforts of the Government of construction.

Rendering of Mozambique LNG’s onshore gas complex (Image: TotalEnergies)

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