BP operates GTA with a 56 percent working interest alongside Kosmos Energy (27 percent), Petrosen (10 percent), and SMH (7 percent).
According to its AIS data provided by VesselsValue, the 2018-built 173,400-cbm British Contributor, which is on charter to BP, was sailing offshore Western Sahara on Friday after loading a cargo from Golar LNG’s FLNG Gimi located at the GTA hub.
The vessel appears to be heading to the Fluxys-operated Zeebrugge LNG terminal in Belgium, where it is expected to arrive around June 21.
This would be the first GTA LNG shipment to land in Europe.
In April, the 2019-built 173,400-cbm British Sponsor, which is also on charter to BP, loaded the first GTA shipment.
British Sponsor’s AIS data showed that the LNG carrier delivered the shipment to Guangdong, China.
Last month, the 2018-built 173,400-cbm British Achiever loaded the second GTA cargo.
This LNG carrier was anchored offshore Singapore on Friday.
In addition, a fourth loading “looks imminent with the BP-controlled Seapeak Glasgow holding position nearby,” Kpler said in a report.
Kpler also said that the GTA project has now officially launched commercial LNG operations.
Above nameplate capacity
The first phase of the GTA project features Golar LNG’s FLNG Gimi and the Tortue FPSO.
The partners previously signed a sales and purchase agreement under which BP Gas Marketing will offtake 2.45 million tonnes per annum of LNG from the first phase of the GTA project for an initial term of up to 20 years.
US-based Kosmos recently said that GTA production in the first quarter averaged approximately 1,300 boepd net (7.8 mmcfd).
The firm noted that all four FLNG trains are now operational and are being tested at about 10 percent above the nameplate capacity.
Kosmos executives said during its earnings call that the full-year gross LNG cargo guidance of 20 to 25 cargoes remains unchanged.
The company also expects the first condensate cargo to be exported in the second half of the year.
In addition, Kosmos said that the partnership has started work on Phase 1+, a low-cost brownfield expansion of the development that is expected to double gas sales through increased LNG production and domestic gas.
