The Mauritanian Ministry of Petroleum, Mines and Energy revealed yesterday that the gas production and storage platform of the Mauritania-Senegalese gas project left the port of Tenerife, Spain, on Sunday towards the Mauritania-Senegalese border. Senegalese, after carrying out a series of technical checks and preparing for operation.
The Ministry of Oil described this event as an important step towards the completion of the installations of the Grande Tortue-Ahmeyime gas production project, setting May 11 for the arrival of the platform at the Mauritius-Senegalese border.
This is a major component of the project, the ministry said, noting that its proximity to the field is a major development in the development of the field, more than 95 percent complete.
The platform is designed to moor at a depth of 120 meters below the water surface and will accommodate 140 people on board during normal operating periods, the ministry said.
With the arrival of the main components of the Grande Tortue-Ahmeyime project, the operating facilities should allow an annual production of 2.3 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) during the first phase of the project, specifies the ministry.
