CNOOC’s gas and power unit announced its inaugural LNG delivery to the West African nation in a statement on Tuesday.
However, the company did not provide further details regarding the shipment.
According to the image below published by CNOOC Gas and Power, the 174,000-cbm Flex Vigilant delivered the LNG cargo to Karmol LNGT Powership Africa, which serves Senegal’s first LNG-to-power project in Dakar.
Flex Vigilant’s AIS data, provided by VesselsValue, shows that the 2021-built LNG carrier delivered the shipment from Venture Global LNG’s Calcasieu plant in the US to KARMOL’s FSRU last month.
After unloading the partial shipment at the FSRU, the vessel, which is on charter to US LNG exporter Cheniere, proceeded to DESFA’s Revithoussa LNG import terminal in Greece, the data shows.
Image: CNOOC Gas & Power
In 2021, KARMOL’s 125,000-cbm FSRU arrived in Dakar to start serving the country’s first LNG-to-power project.
Karmol LNGT Powership Africa, owned by the joint venture consisting of Turkiye’s Karpowership and Japan’s MOl, left Singapore in April the same year, following the completion of conversion works at Sembcorp and the subsequent trials.
Karpowership previously said that the FSRU received its first LNG cargo in May 2025 onboard the LNG carrier Maran Gas Kimolos.
TheFSRU supplies LNG to Karpowership’s 235 MW powership Aysegul Sultan located alongside the shores of Dakar.
In 2019, Senegal’s power utility Senelec signed an LNG-to-power contract with Karpowership.
The African country has ambitions to shift its power production primarily to natural gas to slash emissions and costs.