Natural Gas

TotalEnergies applies for Production Right in South Africa

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TotalEnergies has filed the Production Right Application for Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa, where it has made significant gas and condensate discoveries at Brulpadda (2019) and Luiperd (2020).

Along with its partners Qatar Energy, CNR International and Main Street 1549 (Africa Energy Corp,), the French major has decided to relinquish the northern portion of the block while entering into a Gas Market Development Period to confirm the economic viability of the project.

Map: Africa Energy Corp.

Development plans have so far focused on an early production system (EPS) targeting the Luiperd discovery to supply the domestic market in South Africa. Gas would be delivered to the Mossel Bay area, where South Africa already has key gas off-take infrastructure in place, including PetroSA’s gas-to-liquids (GTL) refinery and the 40 MW Gourikwa thermal power plant. Both plants represent 300 MMscfd of gas demand and were until now supplied by domestic fields that have now matured.

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Total Eren joins Chariot in developing Mautiania’s flagship green hydrogen project

Total Eren and Chariot Ltd have announced the launch of feasility studies to do-develop Project Nour, a large-scale green hydrogen project in Mauritania. In September 2021, Chariot had already signed an MoU with the Mauritanian Ministry of Petroleum, Mines & Energy to progress the venture. The agreement notably gave Project Nour exclusivity over 14,400km2 of onshore and offshore area where pre-feasibility and feasibility studies would be conducted to generate solar and wind power used in electrolysis to split water and produce green hydrogen and oxygen. The new 50:50 partnership between Total Eren and Chariot will pool additional resources into the project’s feasibility, with a view of developing up to 10 GW in Mauritania. Total Eren already work together on several clean energy projects in Africa, under a long-term joint-development partnership signed in November 2021.