LNG

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.

The Greater Tortue-Ahmeyim Project, the floating liquefied natural gas development offshore the maritime boundaries of Mauritania and Senegal, is making advances as shareholder Kosmos Energy prepares to sell some of its stake.

US energy engineering company KBR was awarded the preliminary front-end engineering contract by BP of the UK for the second and third phases of the Tortue natural gas project being pursued with Kosmos Energy of the US that will underpin floating LNG production on the maritime border between the West African nations of Senegal and Mauritania.

Kosmos Energy, the US partner of BP in the Mauritania-Senegal floating LNG projects, reported a net profit in the fourth quarter compared with a loss in the year-ago period as it advanced with its FLNG plans and expanded its Africa-focused activities.

Kosmos Energy, a main partner in the BP-led floating liquefied natural gas projects offshore Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa, has announced key management changes as its FLNG proposals move forward.

Doris Engineering, the French energy contracts company with global operations, said it was awarded an advisory contract by the Senegalese Ministry of Petroleum for developments offshore the West African nation, including a BP-run floating LNG project and an exploration and production venture operated by Australian LNG producer Woodside.

KBR said its UK subsidiary was awarded a front-end engineering design contract by BP of the UK for the first phase of the Tortue natural gas field development located on the maritime border between Senegal and Mauritania that will provide feed-gas for at least two floating LNG export projects.

Kosmos Energy, the US company based in Dallas with plans for floating LNG projects offshore the West African states of Senegal and Mauritania, saw its net losses widen in the first quarter as it continued to develop its joint venture with BP of the UK.

TechnipFMC, the French-US energy engineering company, was awarded a front-end engineering design contract by BP for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit that will be part of the LNG production project planned for offshore the West African states of Senegal and Mauritania.

Kosmos Energy, the US company developing floating LNG projects offshore West Africa with BP of the UK, said the governments of Mauritania and Senegal had signed an inter-governmental cooperation agreement to enable the cross-border Tortue natural gas field to continue moving forward.