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Examen de l'EIES du Projet de production de gaz - Grand Tortue, Ahmeyim - Phase 1 - Senegal

Project details

Status

Issued

Country

Senegal

Activity type

ESIA/SEA advice

Subject

Biodiversity, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), Environmental management, Fishery, Marine biology/ecology, Oil & Gas, Review, Stakeholder engagement

Last modified

06 April 2023

After recent discoveries of gas reserves offshore, the Governments of Senegal and Mauritania signed a cooperation agreemeent to exploit these resources. The project ‘Production de gas Grand Tortue / Ahmeyim Phase 1’ in Senegal is one of the first initiatives. The initiative foresees in the extraction, processing and the export of 2,5 million tons of liquified gas per year. The planned location is off-shore from N’Diago and Saint-Louis, near the border with Mauritania.  The Direction de l’Environnement et des Établissements Classées (DEEC) requested the NCEA to carry out an independent review of the ESIA for this project. 

Significant details

At the time of request the project 'Grand Tortue' planned to consist of the following components:

  • Zone off-shore (125km from the coast) for gas winning.
  • A terminal hub to be located at 10-11 km from the coast with a wave breaker of 1km, a floating liquified natural gas (FLNG), and a platform for housing and services.
  • Gas winning zone with pipelines at the bottom of the sea that will connect the off-shore infrastructure to the terminal / hub near the coast.
  • Advisory reports and other documents

    08 Nov 2018: Advisory review

    06 Dec 2018: Advisory review

    Parties involved

    Members of the working group

    Karima Broche Derradji

    Philippe Jean

    ir. Sandra Rose Kloff

    ing. Reinoud Post

    prof. dr. ir. Dano Roelvink

    Chair

    Tanya van Gool

    Technical secretary

    Leyla Özay