Global energy significant, bp, and also task partner Technip Energies have actually gotten to a new landmark regarding the growth of the highly-anticipated Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) dissolved natural gas (LNG) task located offshore Mauritania and also Senegal. This week, the job companions revealed that the drifting manufacturing storage space and also offloading (FPSO) unit for GTA has officially left China, sailing away to the task site.
Complying with three years of building and construction and also successful sea trials of the FPSO system, the facility – consisting of eight handling and also production components – will enable the handling of approximately 500 million common cubic feet of gas and the manufacturing of 2.3 million tons of LNG per annum throughout GTA’s first stage. The state-of-the-art facility will certainly fit 140 individuals, with its key function to get rid of water and also condensate, while minimizing pollutants in the gas stream. Afterwards, the center will certainly export processed gas to the GTA’s linked Drifting LNG facility.
Gordon Birrell, bp’s Exec Vice President of Production and Workflow, specified that, “This is a superb landmark for this essential job, which is a great example of bp’s durable hydrocarbon approach in action. The group has actually delivered this in a challenging setting, including with COVID, always protecting procedures at the heart of what they do. With the ongoing assistance of our companions, Societé Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures in Mauritania, Petrosen in Senegal and Kosmos Energy, we continue to be dedicated to aiding both nations to create their world-class resources in a lasting means.”
Marco Rental Property, COO, Technip Energies, added that, “This is a substantial milestone that shows our job execution excellence with the greatest criteria of safety as well as top quality. We would love to thank bp and also their companions for their count on and we are anticipating proceeding the GTA FPSO journey with the following stages of the job happening in Senegal as well as Mauritania.”
The African Energy Chamber (AEC), as the voice of the African power market, highly supports and praises bp and also Technip Energies, along with the Federal governments of Senegal and also Mauritania, for the landmark attained, as it stands for a new period of energy safety, financial prosperity in addition to gdp development throughout the MSGBC area on the back of gas monetization.
While initiatives by bp, Technip Energies as well as the respective national oil business of Senegal as well as Mauritania have played a vital role in the understanding of this landmark, a lot of the success of this job can be attributed to the dedication showcased by Senegalese Head of state H.E Macky Sall. The Head of state has focused on the nation’s economic growth on the back of hydrocarbon sector expansion. Via the intro of the Emerging Senegal Strategy and also Oil Code 2019, H.E. Head Of State Macky Sall has actually developed a making it possible for setting for oil and gas stakeholders, making certain jobs such as the GTA can thrive. By improving neighborhood material growth and also capacity structure, resource development and also facilities build-up, H.E. Macky Sall remains to fast-track the nation’s oil and also gas market boom.
“The Chamber strongly sustains the turning point attained by bp, Technip Energies, Mauritania and also Senegal, and also applauds all events for their resistant method to making the GTA task a fact. With the FPSO device currently on its means to Senegal and also Mauritania’s common overseas container, a new age of energy market growth for both nations has actually started. The AEC strongly supports the techniques undertaken by bp and also Technip Energies to accelerate the continent’s gas advancement as well as facilities rollout agenda. Our team believe that jobs such as GTA and also firms such as bp and Technip Energies stand for key players for assisting make power destitution background across the African continent by 2030,” states NJ Ayuk, the Executive Chairman of the AEC.
With gas standing for the resource of the future, and also anticipated to introduce a brand-new era of electrification and industrialization, lifting Africa out of energy destitution while shaping the international power transition, the AEC backs Mauritania and also Senegal’s gas growth agenda, of which the GTA project represents a crucial component. The AEC is certain that jobs such as the GTA will certainly drive lasting and favorable economic benefits throughout Africa, opening up new chances for work production and also multi-sector revitalization, while supporting international markets as well as reducing supply constraints.
In this regard, the 2023 edition of the African Energy Week (AEW) meeting as well as exhibition– Africa’s premier event for the power industry which will certainly occur from October 16– 20 in Cape Town will certainly promote Africa’s gas and bigger hydrocarbon sector development program while supplying an optimal system for brand-new bargains to be authorized and also financial investment protected on the back of successful task advancements such as the GTA.
As the official place where Africa’s future is reviewed, AEW 2023 will certainly host top-level panel discussions, financial investment forums, special networking sessions and also technical workshops showcasing financial investment chances throughout Africa’s blossoming gas market. For prospective investors and task developers wanting to mirror the success of the GTA project, AEW 2023 stands for the perfect system for brand-new developments to be begun and also collaborations established.
Last Updated: 24 January 2023
