Caisson transportation
See how the mammoth task was undertaken.
In May 2021, the first of 21 vast concrete caissons sailed away from Dakar Harbour to offshore Goree Island, where it was moored before being transported to the project’s hub terminal site.
The GTA gas field, located around 120 kilometres offshore on the maritime border between Mauritania and Senegal, will generate revenue and contribute to domestic energy supply in both countries. The field, being developed by bp and partners, has an estimated capacity of 15 trillion cubic feet of gas.