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Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
GTA domestic gas not due to arrive in Senegal or Mauritania before 2025

BP and Kosmos Energy plan to begin production in the Grand Tortue offshore LNG project early next year, but the pipelines and power stations needed to supply Mauritania's and Senegal's domestic markets are far from ready. [...]

Published on 12/07/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes Clotilde Ravel

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Alexandra Gazendam
BP
EPCM Holdings
Hassana Mbeirick
Joseph Medou
Kosmos Energy
Macky Sall
Meen&Meen
Ndar Energy
Petrosen
Réseau gazier du Sénégal
Societe Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures
World Bank

Senegal
Airbus keen on Grand Tortue aerial surveillance contract

The giant aircraft manufacturer is looking to sell its helicopters to the Senegalese Air Force as the start of production approaches on the Grand Tortue offshore gas field. It could face competition, however, from Italy's Leonardo group, which is already operating in the sector.

Subscribers only Defence, Energy 05.09.2024

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
BP under increasing pressure to renegotiate Tortue development bill

Both the Mauritanian and Senegalese governments now have reports contesting BP's estimates of the cost of bringing the big cross-border gas field into production. They plan to join forces to press for a renegotiation.

Subscribers only Energy 01.05.2024

The Grand Tortue project's floating production, storage and offloading facility

Africa
Complaints pile up over Trond Mohn's Island Drilling rig failures

Several of the Norwegian firm's junior oil clients in Africa have taken the company to task over the repeated failures of its sole drilling unit, the Island Innovator. Kosmos, Trident and Tullow have all found fault with the rig.

Subscribers only Energy 02.04.2024

Mauritania, Senegal
BP picks Spanish firm to lead Tortue/GTA FPSO repair work

Spain’s Hydramar Group has been selected to lead the main repairs to the floating, production, storage and offloading unit for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG project.

Subscribers only Energy 18.03.2024

Mauritania, Senegal
BP's launch plans for Tortue thwarted again

The development of the cross-border gas field continues to be hit by delays linked to the repair of operating equipment, amid an uncertain political context in Senegal.

Subscribers only Energy 20.02.2024

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
Sall and Ghazouani get tough on BP

The two presidents have joined forces to put pressure on BP over its cost management of the Senegal-Mauritania cross-border liquefied natural gas project. This could have significant consequences for the British oil major.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 02.02.2024

Senegalese president Macky Sall (left) and his Mauritanian counterpart, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani.

Mauritania
EU funding helps French firms Delair and Sillinger bag border defence deals in Mauritania

The French defence groups Delair and Sillinger have, thanks to European Union funding, bagged contracts in Mauritania to protect offshore gas fields and curb illegal migration.

Subscribers only Defence 21.11.2023

Senegal
BP passes on Yakaar-Teranga discovery to Kosmos

Disinclined to develop the gas field itself, BP has decided to pass Yakaar-Teranga along to US partner Kosmos Energy.

Subscribers only Energy 17.10.2023

Ivory Coast, Senegal
Petrosen buys Senegalese subsidiary of Mayelia Logistics & Automotive

The Senegalese state-owned company has acquired 51% of an affiliate of an Ivorian group involved in road safety.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 13.09.2023

Senegal
Macky Sall's schedule in Tatarstan revealed

The Senegalese President Macky Sall landed in Kazan, Tatarstan, on 25 July, where he is due to hold talks with the President of this Russian Federation republic, Rustam Minnikhanov.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.07.2023

Senegal
After Sangomar, Grand Tortue Ahmeyim also delayed by BP and Kosmos

Production at the GTA cross-border gas field is likely to be pushed back from 2023 to early 2024. The Australian firm Woodside Energy also made similar changes for Senegal's Sangomar field.

Subscribers only Energy 10.07.2023

Senegal
Dakar studies pipeline from GTA gas field to onshore power station

Senegal is studying the possibility of linking the Grand Tortue Ahmeyim offshore LNG project to a power station in Saint-Louis via a pipeline. It has launched a call for expressions of interest from local and foreign companies.

Subscribers only Energy 18.10.2022

Spotlight | Senegal
Senegal gears up for first Woodside oil and BP gas

In anticipation of the start of oil and gas production, scheduled respectively for 2023 and 2024, Senegal has embarked on a series of major works and reforms to take full advantage of this bonanza. These include expanding its refining capacities, converting its power plants to gas, and bringing its legal framework into line with current norms - complex undertakings, some of which could be subject to delays.

Subscribers only Energy 26.05.2022

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
The behind-the-scenes politics that have been torturing the Tortue deal

As we revealed (AEI 828), the path is finally clear for Mauritania and Senegal to take their final investment decision (FID) on the giant trans-border gas field Tortue. Nevertheless, the many political stumbling blocks along the way forced the block [.

Subscribers only Energy 27.11.2018

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Alexandra Gazendam
BP
EPCM Holdings
Hassana Mbeirick
Joseph Medou
Kosmos Energy
Macky Sall
Meen&Meen
Ndar Energy
Petrosen
Réseau gazier du Sénégal
Societe Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures
World Bank

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BP under increasing pressure to renegotiate Tortue development bill

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BP's launch plans for Tortue thwarted again

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Sall and Ghazouani get tough on BP

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Mauritania EU funding helps French firms Delair and Sillinger bag border defence deals in Mauritania

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Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
GTA domestic gas not due to arrive in Senegal or Mauritania before 2025

Senegal
Airbus keen on Grand Tortue aerial surveillance contract

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
BP under increasing pressure to renegotiate Tortue development bill

Africa
Complaints pile up over Trond Mohn's Island Drilling rig failures

Mauritania, Senegal
BP picks Spanish firm to lead Tortue/GTA FPSO repair work

Mauritania, Senegal
BP's launch plans for Tortue thwarted again

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
Sall and Ghazouani get tough on BP

Mauritania
EU funding helps French firms Delair and Sillinger bag border defence deals in Mauritania

Senegal
BP passes on Yakaar-Teranga discovery to Kosmos

Ivory Coast, Senegal
Petrosen buys Senegalese subsidiary of Mayelia Logistics & Automotive

Senegal
Macky Sall's schedule in Tatarstan revealed

Senegal
After Sangomar, Grand Tortue Ahmeyim also delayed by BP and Kosmos

Senegal
Dakar studies pipeline from GTA gas field to onshore power station

Spotlight | Senegal
Senegal gears up for first Woodside oil and BP gas

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
The behind-the-scenes politics that have been torturing the Tortue deal