Senegal has become an oil exporter following the shipment of its first consignment of crude oil to Europe.
According to Africa Ports, the 158 268-dwt crude oil tanker Maran Poseidon carried the first export shipment of Senegals medium-sour crude oil to the Netherlands and Germany.
The oil was extracted from the Sangomar offshore oil and gas field in the MSGBC basin (Mauritania, Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea-Conakry), which is located about 96km south of Senegals Port of Dakar.
The project is under development by a joint venture comprising Rufisque Offshore, Sangomar Offshore and Sangomar Deep Offshore, and is being operated by Australias Woodside Energy.
A second shipment is expected to be loaded on the 154 781-dwt Liberia-flagged tanker Goldway , destined for Trieste in Italy. According to the vessels Automatic Identification System she is currently approaching the Sangomar field.
It is understood that Shell purchased both oil consignments.
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