Senegal starts crude production
This will be a transformative year for the West African nation, as first LNG is also expected before the end of 2024
Senegal has started producing crude for the first time, as Australia’s Woodside has achieved first oil from its offshore Sangomar development. Sangomar Phase 1 is a deepwater project based around an FPSO facility moored around 100km offshore. The FPSO’s nameplate production capacity is 100,000b/d, with up to 1.3m bl of storage, and the development’s “subsea infrastructure... is designed to allow subsequent development phasesm” Woodside stated. The ASX-listed company operates Sangomar with an 82% stake, with the remaining 18% held by Senegal’s NOC, Petrosen. Drilling is ongoing, and “Woodside expects to continue commissioning activities and safely ramping up production through 2024”, the firm
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