BP says Senegal and Mauritania floating LNG project advances as FPSO is moved into place to supply feed gas
UK major BP said the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, a key component of the floating LNG development on the maritime border of Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa, has arrived at its final location.
Completed FPSO for Mauritania-Senegal LNG project breaks free from quay at Chinese yard during typhoon
Kosmos Energy, the shareholder along with UK major BP in the floating LNG export project offshore Senegal and Mauritania, said the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for the venture had broken free from the quayside during a typhoon at the Chinese shipyard where it had just been completed.
Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry completes FPSO unit for BP-run FLNG venture off Mauritania and Senegal
China’s Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry said it had completed the construction of the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit that will be deployed as part of the BP-led floating LNG export project offshore the West African nations of Mauritania and Senegal.
Kosmos Energy, based in Dallas, Texas, is the partner of BP in the joint venture centred on the Greater Tortue-Ahmeyim gas fields, the first phase of which is about 80 percent complete.
The first Mauritania-Senegal FLNG production facility is scheduled to have first gas in early 2023.
The Greater Tortue-Ahmeyim LNG project has the FPSO as one of its key installations.
As part of support for the FPSO, mooring piles were pre-installed offshore while Cosco Shipping was completing the facility.
Cosco Shipping confirmed it had completed the construction of the FPSO at its Qidong shipyard and a completion ceremony had been held.
Dimensions
The Chinese company said the FPSO is 270 metres in length, 54.5 metres wide, 31.5 metres deep and the living quarters can accommodate 140 people.
Cosco was responsible for the FPSO’s main hull and living quarters, as well as the construction of topside modules.
“This FPSO is a key part of the Greater Tortue-Ahmeyim LNG project and will soon sail to Mauritania and Senegal to create a new energy hub in Africa,” added a statement.
In addition to the FPSO, a floating liquefaction plant is being completed at Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard.
This involves the conversion to a liquefaction facility of the conventional LNG carrier, the “Gimi”, which will have 2.5 million tonne per annum of output.
The FPSO will process gas from the Tortue-Ahmeyim field, removing heavier hydrocarbon components, prior to delivering it to the FLNG hull.
The Greater Tortue-Ahmeyim project is expected to have a second phase producing gas on the Mauritania-Senegal maritime border in partnership with the national oil and gas companies of Senegal and Mauritania, Petrosen and SMHPM respectively.
