Golar LNG has confirmed that the FLNG Gimi has reached the commercial operations date (COD) under a 20-year lease and operate agreement with BP (bp) for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) project, located offshore Mauritania and Senegal.
bp is the operator of GTA with a 56% working interest, alongside Kosmos Energy (27%), PETROSEN (10%), and SMH (7%).
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The COD indicates that LNG production has successfully ramped up to approximately 2.4 million tonnes per annum (mtpa), close to 90% of the facility’s nameplate capacity of 2.7mtpa.
This follows the first LNG production in February this year, the inaugural cargo in April, and subsequent exports in May and early June.
A fourth cargo is currently loading, and a fifth is anticipated to commence at the start of the third quarter (Q3) of 2025. Kosmos projects 3.5 gross cargoes for Q2.
The achievement of the COD and the increase in cargo lifting activity underscore the strong cooperation between the project partners and Golar.
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By GlobalDataThe first gas flow from the GTA project to the floating production storage and offloading vessel occurred on 31 December of the previous year, marking the start of the commissioning process.
This February, Golar LNG confirmed it was exiting the LNG shipping sector with the sale of its carrier, Golar Arctic, for $24m, excluding transaction costs.
The 2003-built Marshall Islands-flagged ship has a 140,000m³ capacity and a gross tonnage of 94,934.
