Yakaar-Teranga Gas Project (Senegal)

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Yakaar-Teranga Gas Project is an in development gas project in Senegal.

Yakaar-Teranga is a part of the Yakaar-Teranga complex.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Project-level project details for Yakaar-Teranga Gas Project

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Yakaar-Teranga	In development	Kosmos Energy Ltd.	Kosmos Energy Ltd. (90.0%); Societé des Petroles du Sénégal (Petrosen) (10.0%)	2016	2024 (expected)	2026 (expected)

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Yakaar-Teranga Gas Project

million m³ = million cubic meters

Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
gas	Remaining recoverable reserves	77561.09	million m³	2022
gas	reserves	566331.59	million m³	2022

Table 3: Production from Yakaar-Teranga Gas Project

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year

Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
production design capacity	gas	5167.78	million m³/y	2033

Location

Table 4: project-level location details for Yakaar-Teranga Gas Project

Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Offshore, Senegal	15.221, -18.073 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the project:

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Background

BP Plc withdrew from the project in 2023 "due to disagreements with the Senegalese government regarding the gas's intended use." The oil and gas major aimed to export gas from the project, while the the Senegalese government "insisted on utilizing it domestically to fuel power plants." The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis cited Yakaar-Teranga as an example which "highlights a further risk for Africa nations hosting such projects. International oil companies target extraction and export, not the provision of gas to local populations."

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