Senegal, Mauritania on the cusp of LNG exports [Gas in Transition]

Senegal, Mauritania on the cusp of LNG exports [Gas in Transition]

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Senegal, Mauritania on the cusp of LNG exports [Gas in Transition]

Summary

An exemplar of political cooperation, the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG project is close to first LNG. It is a major step in the potential development of a succession of basins in the region, but Phase 2, and more, hang on whether pragmatic political solutions can again be reached. [Gas in Transition, Volume 3, Issue 3] by: Neil Ford

Phase 1 of BP and Kosmos Energy’s Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) LNG project offshore Mauritania and Senegal is due to come on stream in the second half of this year, with first gas shipped at the start of 2024. It is the first in what could be a string of LNG export schemes in the region, with the same two companies involved in several of them. Yet cross-border projects are rarely straightforward, while the ultra-deepwater acreage involved brings technical difficulties of its own. Cross-border cooperation GTA is challenging because of the water depths involved and the fact that it spans two countries. The project’s 15 trillion ft3 in reserves lie on the Tortue Field offshore Mauritania and in the Ahmeyim Field offshore Senegal, both of which are about 120 km offshore in 2,850 m of water, making it Africa’s ...