Mauritania has joined the ranks of the world’s LNG exporters with operator BP on 17 April announcing the completion of loading of the first export cargo from the 2.45mn t/y Tortue project on the Mauritania/Senegal maritime border.
As of MEES press time the destination for the 174,000m3 (78,000 ton) cargo remained unclear with BP’s British Sponsor LNG carrier remaining in the vicinity of the project’s 2.7mn t/y capacity Gimi FLNG. BP’s partner Kosmos, in its own 17 April release, says that “a second LNG carrier [BP’s British Achiever] is currently waiting near the hub terminal in preparation for the second cargo lifting.” (CONTINUED - 179 WORDS)