Offshore staff
DALLAS – Start-up of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim gas-condensate project offshore Mauritania and Senegal looks set to be delayed until the first half of 2023.
According to partner Kosmos Energy, operator BP’s present priority is maintaining the safety of its staff, contractors and the general public, and continued compliance with international and national restrictions to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
The combination of border closures, travel bans, social distancing restrictions and office closures have impacted the project’s activities across worldwide locations, affecting time-critical tasks such as construction of the breakwater for the LNG jetty during the 2020 weather window.
As a result, the Phase 1 project timeline is expected to be delayed by around 12 months. Currently Phase 1 is more than 30% complete.
Kosmos and BP are co-operating on a revised 2020 budget with the aims of maintaining the project economics and extending the carry of capital obligations through the end of this year.
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