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The utilities of the four-nation Organisation for the Development of the Gambia River (L’Organisation pour la mise en Valeur du Fleuve Gambie, OMVG) have signed a transmission service agreement for the 1,677km ‘Loop’ high-voltage power transmission line. The $685m development comprises 4,000 pylons and 15 substations and interconnects the grids of Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal. As its name suggests, the 225kV, double-circuit line forms a circular network spanning the four countries.

Kosmos Energy has taken an operated stake in the 25tcf offshore Yakaar-Teranga gas field, following BP’s exit, and says it intends to export up to 3m t/yr of LNG. Longstanding plans to supply local offtakers through a new pipeline are also set to continue. Meanwhile the cross-border Senegal-Mauritania LNG development continues, but progress could be held up as the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) project’s FPSO awaits repairs off Durban, writes Marc Howard.

Macky Sall has installed trusted ally Antoine Félix Abdoulaye Diome as oil and energy minister in a move said to be designed to extend outgoing president’s influence over the sector even after he leaves office, writes Waly Dione Faye.

General Electric (GE) has been awarded a 25-year service agreement for West African Energy (WAE)’s 300MW Cap des Biches combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant in Dakar.

BP has awarded Allseas the contract to complete the subsea pipelay scope for its Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, after previous contractor McDermott International was reportedly unable to complete its planned work on the project.

The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) has requested expressions of interest for consultants to advise on Senegal’s $2.7bn Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).

The Lomé-headquartered West African Development Bank (Boad) has approved a CFA15bn ($24.2m) loan for the 30MWp Niakhar solar PV plant, which includes a battery energy storage system.

Discussing progress and slippages in its major development offshore Mauritania and Senegal, BP says its Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project is focused on a ‘sustainable’ production start, rather than racing to dispatch its first LNG cargo. The British supermajor is also focused on completing phase one of the $4.8bn cross-border development prior to advancing with Phase II work, which it said would provide confidence to Dakar, Nouakchott and investors alike

A joint venture of British engineering firm Enshore Subsea and Belgian hydraulic specialist Herbosch Kiere has been awarded a $200m engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build 17.5km of 220kV land and submarine lines from Bel Air in Dakar to Cap des Biches.

South Africa’s EPCM Holdings has been asked to carry out technical and commercial assessments on two possible routes for piping gas from the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) and Bir Allah offshore fields, with a view to promoting industrialisation and supplying gas-to-power projects in Mauritania.

After months of speculation that President Macky Sall would bid for a constitutionally-prohibited third term, his announcement in July that he wouldn’t run was greeted with relief. Yet continued political violence and a fear Sall may seek to install a proxy candidate underline wider governance concerns, not least over hydrocarbon revenues, writes Waly Dione Faye.

Finland’s Wärtsilä said on 28 August that it had signed a two-year service agreement with United States-based independent power producer (IPP) ContourGlobal for its 86MW Cap des Biches plant.

The Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG and Sangomar oil projects have announced delays, which Senegalese sources told African Energy were caused by one-off external factors that should be resolved soon, while a date has been set for the Yakaar-Teranga offshore gas field’s FID.

London- and Toronto-listed Endeavour Mining has started construction of a 37MWp solar PV plant, with 16MW of storage, at Senegal’s largest gold mine, as it further develops the Sabodala-Massawa resource. The West Africa-focused miner also reports progress on its 225kV transmission line in Côte d’Ivoire

The agreement for Senegal to become only the second African economy to secure a Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) has the potential to salvage the climate financing framework’s credibility, which appeared to be flatlining.