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Senegal sees Phase 2 of LNG

production starting at GTA by 2025

PROJECTS MACKY Sall, the president of Senegal, said on with all preparations for the launch of Phase 1
September 1 that he expects BP (UK) to launch operations at the GTA block, which straddles
the second phase of its natural gas and LNG the offshore border between Mauritania and
development project at the offshore Greater Senegal. They expect to begin extracting gas
Tortue/Ahmeyim (GTA) block in 2024 or 2025. in the third quarter of 2023 and will then load
Speaking on the opening day of the MSGBC and export their first cargo of LNG in the fourth
Oil, Gas & Power 2022 conference in Dakar, quarter of the same year.
Sall said BP and its US-based partner Kosmos Gordon Birrell, BP’s executive vice president
Energy anticipated spending $5bn on Phase 2, for production and operations, said separately at
which will boost the volume of LNG produced the MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2022 conference
from GTA gas to 5mn tonnes per year (tpy) to on September 1 that work on the floating pro-
10mn tpy. (His figures are at odds with those duction, storage and off-loading (FPSO) vessel
previously stated by the investors, which have that will be installed at GTA was moving for-
said they aim to produce 2.5mn tpy of LNG in ward. The ship is slated to sail from the Chinese
Phase 1 and 5mn tpy in Phase 2, perhaps rising shipyard where it is being built before the end of
in stages later to 10mn tpy. The reasons for the 2023, he said.
discrepancy were not immediately clear.) GTA contains around 15 trillion cubic feet
The president also reported that the compa- (425bn cubic metres) of gas, enough to support
nies would not be waiting to launch Phase 2 and an export-oriented LNG project as well as pipe-
would start work on the next part of the project line deliveries to Senegal’s domestic market. Kos-
shortly after bringing Phase 1 online in 2023. mos discovered gas at the block in 2015 and then
“Phase 2 ... will come immediately after Phase teamed up with BP for the project in 2016.
1,” he stated. The two companies made an FID on Phase
He did not say when the project’s sharehold- 1 of the project in late 2018. To support LNG
ers were likely to make a final investment deci- production, they have contracted Bermu-
sion (FID) on Phase 2 of the project. US-based da-registered Golar LNG to convert the Gimi
Kosmos stated recently that they hoped to reach LNG tanker into an FLNG vessel with a Phase
this milestone by the end of the third quarter of 1 production capacity of 2.5mn tonnes per year
2022. (tpy).™
BP and its partner are about 80% complete

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