Gas production did not stop in the common field between Senegal and Mauritania economy

The Mauritanian Ministry of Energy and Oil said that the Petish Petrolium Company (BP) informed it that production operations are continuing in the Al -Tarfa field, the joint GTA between Senegal and Mauritania.

One of the wells in the field, 120 km from the Mauritanian coast, had been leakage on February 19, and raised economic and environmental concerns between partners and investors.

The Mauritanian Ministry announced that the installation of the pieces necessary to repair the leakage was completed on Friday in the port of Nouakchott, and the pieces were transported in a ship designated towards the turtle field.

A few days ago, the competent authorities in the Ministry of Energy said that the joint technical teams are working to fix the holidays by tightening a bundle on the opening of the head of the well -A0 (A02) to overcome the problem.

And I arrived at Nouakchott Airport on the 26th of last month, Antonov Ukrainian plane (the largest cargo plane in the world), carrying the equipment needed to repair the leakage.

In the context, Reuters quoted BP that it is working to repair the leakage, which will not be of great harm to the environment.

During the past week, joint technical teams between Senegal, Mauritania and the field operator BP made surveillance operations in the region and did not notice any materials on the sea.

Export abroad

Mauritania and Senegal began exporting liquefied gas from the aforementioned field to the international markets on February 21, where the first shipment was loaded on the British gas tanker “British Sponge”.

According to information published by the energy platform, the first shipment that was exported is estimated at about 0.076 million tons of liquefied gas.

It is noteworthy that the joint turtle field project reached a total cost of 4.8 billion dollars, and it is managed by the British company BB and acquires 56%of its assets, while the American company “Cosmos Energy” owns 27%, while the percentage of Senegalese government is 10%, and Mauritania is 7%.

The field reserves are estimated at about 20 to 25 cubic trillion, and work is done in 3 stages, the first begins with the production of 2.3 million tons annually, and the second stage is 5 million, and on the horizon of 2030, the third stage in which production is expected to reach 10 million tons annually will be entered.