BirAllah LNG Hub
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BirAllah LNG Hub is a proposed LNG export terminal and hub in Mauritania.[1]
Location
The LNG liquefaction, storage, and export facilities are proposed to be based at N'Diago Port, Mauritania.[1]
Project details
- Owner: Société Mauritanienne Des Hydrocarbures et de Patrimoine Minier
- Formerly included BP; Kosmos Energy[2]
- Parent company: Government of Mauritania
- Formerly included BP; Kosmos Energy[2]
- Location: N'Diago Port[1]
- Coordinates: 16.4584, -16.4577 (approximate)
- Capacity: 10 mtpa[3]
- Status: Proposed[3]
- Type: Export[3]
- Start year: 2030[1]
- FID Status: FID planned for H2 2025[1]
- Associated infrastructure: BirAllah Gas Field (Mauritania)[1]
Background
After the discovery of the BirAllah gas field's commercial viability in 2019, Mauritania planned a gas-to-power plant proposal under an independent power producer agreement. In 2022, the Mauritanian government began talks with BP to explore the conditions needed to advance the project. The proposal included using N'Diago Port as a base for gas liquefaction, storage, and export facilities, with the goal of a final investment decision by the second half of 2025. BP requested a four-year extension for further engineering studies, but Mauritania rejected the extension and allowed the contract with BP and Kosmos to expire in 2024.[1]
Since the contract expiration, Mauritania began advertising the BirAllah field to other companies, seeking proposals for its development - including the gas liquefaction, storage, and export facilities.[1] Earlier documents indicate plans to include an offshore fixed platform as part of the LNG gathering/processing.[3]
Mauritania aims to begin commercial production from the BirAllah field by 2030, with entire development costs estimated at USD$17 billion.[1]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 West, Stuart (2024-11-05). "Mauritania woos investors to BirAllah gas field". African Business. Retrieved 2025-06-25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "BP Turning To BirAllah 13 Tcf Gas Project Following Tortue Ahmeyim". www.rigzone.com. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "https://www.oxfordenergy.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Mauritania-%E2%80%93-Senegal-an-emerging-New-African-Gas-Province-%E2%80%93-is-it-still-possible-NG163.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-10-31.
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