BHGE WIns Second W African FLNG Job

Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), has won a contract to provide turbo-machinery equipment for four floating LNG (FLNG) compression trains at BP's Greater Tortue Ahmeyim natural gas project, it said May 6.

The award is its second major contract for the BP-operated project offshore Mauritania-Senegal, expanding on its subsea production equipment work. The FLNG facility is to provide about 2.5mn mt/yr of LNG and represents the first stage of a multi-phase project

The contract was awarded to BHGE in the first quarter of 2019 by Golar's topsides contractor, Black and Veatch (B&V).

Each of the four trains will consist of a PGT25+G4 aeroderivative gas turbine driving a centrifugal compressor. This solution was designed, tested and proven based on a model that B&V and BHGE developed together previously for a similar application. The gas turbines and compressors will be manufactured, tested and transported from BHGE's plants in Italy.

"Being selected for this important project reinforces our gas leadership position in the global LNG market and an important region," said BHGE. “Our technology solution has been proven to support FLNG, is based on a strong partnership with B&V and offers best-in-class reliability rates that will help reduce operational risks for Golar and BP."