The first LNG cargo from the 2.4mn t/y Tortue project on the Mauritania-Senegal maritime border will not ship before early 2025, back from the Q4 target communicated earlier this year, which itself represented a delay of over two years (MEES, 1 March).

Comments from Kosmos CEO Andy Inglis on his firm’s Q3 earnings call on 4 November imply that the headline “end-2024” target now relates to initial production rather than the first export cargo. (CONTINUED - 359 WORDS)