BP and partners green-lights Africa's deepest offshore LNG project
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The Greater Tortue Ahmeyim development, Africa's deepest at 2 kilometres below the sea's surface, will consist of a complex floating vessel with a plant to super-chill natural gas into liquid, BP said in a statement.
This is the second major LNG project to get the go-ahead this year as energy companies bet on a sharp rise in gas demand, with rival Shell also deciding to press on with the development of a plant in western Canada.
The Tortue floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility will produce 2.5 million tonnes of LNG per year. The field holds total gas resources estimated at around 15 trillion cubic feet.
Work on the project will begin in the first quarter of 2019, and first gas is expected to be produced in 2022. ■