PARIS, FRANCE (By Viridien 13.Aug.2026, Words: 236) — Viridien announced the signing of a strategic multi-client partnership agreement with SociĂ©tĂ© de PĂ©troles du SĂ©nĂ©gal (PETROSEN), Senegal’s national petroleum company. The partnership establishes a collaborative framework for Viridien to deliver comprehensive subsurface intelligence throughout the prolific and highly prospective MSGBC Basin spanning […]
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Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG Flows First Gas Offshore Mauritania and Senegal
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Ian Silverman, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Jan.2025) — bp has begun flowing gas from wells at the GTA Phase1 liquefied natural gas (LNG) project to its floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the next stage of commissioning.   bp is operator of GTA with a 56% working interest, […]
Woodside Achieves First Oil at Sangomar Offshore Senegal
(Woodside, 11.Jun.2024) — Woodside has achieved first oil from the Sangomar field offshore Senegal, marking the safe delivery of the country’s first offshore oil project. The Sangomar Field Development Phase 1 is a deepwater project including a stand-alone floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility with a nameplate capacity of […]
GTA LNG Project Reaches Milestone with Arrival of FPSO
(bp, 4.Jun.2024) — The floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, a key component of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) Phase 1 LNG development, has arrived at its final location offshore on the maritime border of Mauritania and Senegal. The FPSO vessel is currently being moored at the site 40km offshore […]
Sangomar FPSO Makes it to Senegal
(Woodside Energy, 13.Feb.2024) — Woodside Energy announced that the LĂ©opold SĂ©dar Senghor Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility has safely arrived offshore Senegal. This is a significant step toward achieving First Production from the Sangomar field which is targeted for mid-2024. The arrival of the FPSO from Singapore at […]
Kosmos Boosts Working Interest, Assumes Operatorship of Yakaar-Teranga
(Kosmos, 6.Nov.2023) — Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE/LSE: KOS) has increased its working interest to 90% and assumed operatorship, subject to customary government approvals, of the world-scale Yakaar-Teranga gas discoveries offshore Senegal. The increase in working interest follows BP‘s exit from the field. Yakaar-Teranga is one of the world’s largest gas […]
Yakaar-2 Well Confirms Resource Offshore Senegal
(Kosmos, 23.Sep.2019) — Kosmos Energy announced that the Yakaar-2 appraisal well has encountered approximately 30 meters of net gas pay in similar high-quality Cenomanian reservoir to the Yakaar-1 exploration well, continuing the 100 percent success rate of wells targeting the inboard Mauritania/Senegal gas trend. Yakaar-2 was drilled approximately nine kilometers […]
Ahmeyim-1 Well Expands Resource Potential Offshore
(Kosmos, 1.Jul.2019) — Kosmos Energy announced the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim-1 well (GTA-1), drilled on the eastern anticline within the unit development area of Greater Tortue, has encountered approximately 30 meters of net gas pay in high-quality Albian reservoir. The Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG project is on track to deliver first […]
The Next Offshore Boom: Is Senegal The New Guyana?
(Oilprice.com, Viktor Katona, 12.Nov.2018) — I know what you think – such a headline is quite reckless given that Guyana has not produced any oil so far and it is not until 2020 that we can actually start talking about a Guyanese oil miracle. Still, Guyana is one of the […]