Name of the Project
Greater Tortue Ahmeyim natural gas project.

Location
The Tortue/Ahmeyim field development is located in the C-8 block off the shore of Mauritania and the Saint-Louis Profond block offshore Senegal.

Project Owner/s
BP, Kosmos Energy, Petrosen and Société Mauritanienne Des Hydrocarbures et de Patrimoine Minier.

Project Description
The Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project will produce gas from an ultradeep-water subsea system, and a midwater floating production, storage and offloading vessel, which will process the gas, removing heavier hydrocarbon components.

The gas will then be transferred to a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility at a nearshore hub located on the Mauritania and Senegal maritime border.

The FLNG facility is designed to provide an estimated 2.5-million tonnes of LNG a year on average, with the total gas resources in the field estimated to be about 15-trillion cubic feet.

The joint venture partners are also evaluating potential expansion beyond Phase 1 of up to ten-million tonnes a year in subsequent phases.

Potential Job Creation
Not stated.

Capital Expenditure
Not stated.

Planned Start/End Date
Project execution activities were expected to start in the first quarter of 2019. First gas for the project is expected in 2022.

Latest Developments
McDermott International has been awarded a sizeable fabrication subcontract for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim natural gas project.

The scope of work for fabrication of the subsea production system includes project management fabrication engineering, procurement, preassembly, fabrication, acceptance tests, and system-integration tests. The work is scheduled to begin in the third quarter 2019 and is expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2020 in McDermott's fabrication facility in Batam, Indonesia.

McDermott is also fabricating the pipeline structures and riser structure for the project

Key Contracts and Suppliers
KBR (front-end engineering design services contract) and McDermot (fabrication contract).

On Budget and on Time?
Too early to state.

Contact Details for Project Information
BP press office, tel +44 20 7496 4076 or emailbppress@bp.com.