Petrofac nabs Tortue contract
London-based upstream services company Petrofac said May 10 it secured a contract from BP to help develop the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) gas-to-LNG project off Mauritania and Senegal.
The GTA gas field straddles the maritime border between Mauritania and Senegal. It holds an estimated 15 trillion ft3 of natural gas and will position the countries as global LNG exporters.
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“BP is an important long-standing client and we look forward to supporting them in operating safely and responsibly in their delivery of the GTA Phase 1 Project, which is creating a new LNG hub in Africa,” Steve Webber, Petrofac’s senior vice president of operations, said.
For undisclosed financial terms, Petrofac’s contract is to develop operational procedures for personnel and plant operations, including a planned subsea, floating production storage and offloading facility.
BP leads a consortium developing GTA that also includes Texas-based Kosmos, Senegal's Petrosen and Mauritania's SMPHM. In December 2018, they took a final investment decision (FID) on the project's first phase, which will produce 2.5mn metric tons/yr of LNG.
In October, BP agreed with shipowner Golar LNG on an 11-month delay for the hook-up of the converted Gimi floating LNG vessel, slated to develop GTA. Golar LNG signed a 20-year deal with BP for the charter of Gimi in February 2019, but it received a force majeure notice from the UK major in April 2020. BP claimed it would not be able to connect the vessel in 2022 as planned, owing to coronavirus disruptions.
That force majeure was lifted last year and the pair have agreed on a new schedule. FIDs on the second and third phases at GTA were expected in 2020, but have been pushed back to mid-2022 and mid-2023, respectively.