Senegal gas projects near final investment decisions
FINAL investment decisions should be made for phase 2 of Senegal's Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) gas project by September and for the Yakaar-Teranga project by the end of the year, a senior Senegalese energy official said on Wednesday. BP and U.S.-listed Kosmos Energy are leading development of GTA and Yakaar-Teranga, Senegal's first natural gas projects. "We are working to reach an FID by September for the phase 2 (at GTA) that should double expected production from 2.5 million tonne per annum to 5 million tonne per annum," Mamadou Fall Kane, an advisor to President Macky Sall, told Reuters. The first phase of…