Senegal and Mauritania Launch First Shipment of Natural Gas to Global Markets as Morocco Prepares to Kick Off from Tendrara
British Petroleum announced last Thursday the loading of the first shipment of liquefied natural gas from the Grand Tortue Ahmeyim project, linking Senegal and Mauritania, thus marking the official start of gas production in both countries.
In its statement, the company confirmed that “this first shipment highlights the status of Mauritania and Senegal as exporting countries of liquefied natural gas,” noting that the shipment was safely loaded from the project’s first phase, which is a significant step in boosting energy supplies to global markets.
According to BP’s forecasts, the first phase of the Grand Tortue Ahmeyim project will produce about 2.4 million tons of liquefied gas annually to meet the needs of global energy markets, in addition to allocating a portion of the gas for local consumption in Mauritania and Senegal.
It is worth mentioning that British Petroleum, American Cosmos Energy, along with the Senegalese Petroleum Company and the Mauritanian Hydrocarbons Company, are involved in the development of the gas field that is part of the project, which began operations in December of last year. The project’s production is expected to reach approximately 2.5 million tons of LNG annually, with an estimated total field reserve of around 25 trillion cubic feet of gas.
On the other hand, Morocco is preparing to enter this vital sector through the Tendrara natural gas project managed by the British company Sound Energy, in collaboration with a Moroccan mining group. The Tendrara project is expected to commence liquefied natural gas sales in the last quarter of 2025, with the construction of an LNG storage tank currently in progress. The field is estimated to contain 305 billion cubic feet of natural gas.
In the first phase, gas sales are expected to reach 10 million cubic feet daily, with plans to expand production in the second phase to reach 42 million cubic feet daily, equivalent to approximately 1.4 million additional barrels of oil equivalent.
