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Greater Tortue
Ahmeyim
(GTA) project
Committed to creating a sustainable legacy that supports
communities and long-term economic development, whilst ‫ﻭ ﻣﻌﺎﺩﻥ‬ ‫ﳏﺮﻭﻗﺎﺕ‬

empowering people and helping to create a self-sufficient future.

Greater Tortue Ahmeyim
(GTA) project
On the maritime border between Mauritania and Senegal, bp and
partners are developing Greater Tortue Ahmeyim field. With an
estimated 15 trillion cubic feet of gas, GTA is forecasted to be a
significant source of domestic energy and revenue.

bp brings a long history of building energy potential across the world

and is committed to playing a vital role in supporting both Mauritania
and Senegal develop their world-class resources in a sustainable way.
 Senegal

Supply People & Skills Social

Chain Development Investment

GTA Hub Terminal INPG Economic

Caisson Fabrication Development
Activities National Technician
Training Programme Community
Invest in Africa Health
Oil & Gas 101s
Education

Environment
 Dakar Harbour / Supply Chain

GTA Hub Terminal Caisson

‫ﻭ ﻣﻌﺎﺩﻥ‬ ‫ﳏﺮﻭﻗﺎﺕ‬

Fabrication Activities
The project creates a long-term sustainable legacy for the country by
increasing port capacity, creating jobs and upskilling local industries.
Jobs and training provided are to an international standard.
The Hub
Building on civil works in Senegal:
created over

Senegal 1,000
direct local jobs
Slip forming Cutting and Tower crane and Logistics Marine and in Senegal
bending rebar lifting operations port operations

Supply Chain
1 Land reclamation & yard preparation
In mid-2019, a critical milestone of the GTA project The space reclaimed
in Senegal was marked in the Dakar Port as the from the sea provided
People & Skills work of land reclamation was completed, paving
Development the way for the caisson fabrication to start. 12 hectares
of land for bp and
EPC (Engineering
Procurement
Construction)
Contractor, Eiffage
Social Investment Saipem Consortium
(ESC), to construct,
Economic Development transport and install
Community Health 21 concrete
Education caissons
Environment
That’s approximately
The reclaimed land will be returned to the port of Dakar at the end of the project,
and will have additional industrial and commercial use in the future.
15 football fields
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 Dakar Harbour / Supply Chain GTA Hub Terminal Caisson Fabrication Activities

2 Caisson development
Once created, the caissons will be filled with dredged sand and then towed
in the sea to form a nearshore breakwater, the Hub, that will provide shelter
from the prevailing weather and ocean conditions.

ESC has
subcontracted over
Senegal 100 local
companies
to support caisson
fabrication

Supply Chain

People & Skills

Development Extensive training
programme and training
centres established

Approximately
Social Investment
500–700
local Senegalese expected
Economic Development
to be employed during
Community Health peak construction
Education Each caisson is nearly the size of
the Arc de Triomphe and weighs
Environment 16,000 tonnes when empty, and
74,525 tonnes when filled.
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 Dakar / People & Skills Development Dakar / Supply Chain

INPG Invest in Africa

bp and Kosmos Energy pledged $10 million The APP Senegal is an online tendering platform connecting international
of funding over 4 years for the INPG. companies to the local economy. The APP allows buyers to:

Display supplier profiles

Search for products and services
View validated information on suppliers
Filter through suppliers using key criteria including
financial data, work experience and HSE compliance
1 Cohort 1 (2019/2020):

Senegal 20
The IIA Senegal APP was launched in April 2019 and as of July 2020 has:

masters students were

Registered
trained in the 32-week

553
Posted
programme at the INPG
46
RFQs and tenders
6 suppliers
Supply Chain of whom were also
sponsored to complete Awarded
a 3-month intensive
internship in Malaysia
12
contracts to
local suppliers
People & Skills
Development 2 Cohort 2 (2020/2021)
Starting with English training and technical
training will start in 2021

Growing the local SME sector: Senemeca’s story

Social Investment
I would like to thank Invest in Africa for their endless & seamless support
Economic Development
towards our company “Senemeca”. Invest in Africa has enabled Senemeca to
Community Health gain significant visibility in the Oil & Gas sector throughout various workshops
Education organised by IIA and introductions being made to various multinationals”

Environment Bruno Paret, Managing Director, Senemeca

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 Multiple Locations / People & Skills Development
Being an apprentice

National Technician
‫ﻭ ﻣﻌﺎﺩﻥ‬ ‫ﳏﺮﻭﻗﺎﺕ‬

of one of the biggest

companies in the Oil

Training Programme
& Gas industry puts a
lot of pressure on me.
But that’s what makes
As part of the GTA project, in 2019, bp started a campaign to recruit 50 national apprentice it motivational and
technicians across Mauritania and Senegal to support the project’s phase 1 operations. challenging and that’s
what will make me
a successful person.
Exchanging experiences
The objectives of the National Apprentice Technician Training Programme are:
with other countries like
To train, develop and prepare national technicians across all disciplines (production, our neighbour Senegal
mechanical, instrumentation & electrical) to work safely, efficiently and compliantly on will strengthen our

Mauritania project’s facilities in Mauritania & Senegal

Provide the national technicians with an internationally recognised accredited qualification
relationship with it and
will make us closer. bp’s

& Senegal
values are representing
Train and develop local educational institutions to enable them to deliver future our values and our
internationally recognised accredited apprentice technicians programmes duty is to respect it and
make it our priority.”
Khadijetou Cheikh
Mohamed Vadel (Tata),

Supply Chain
More than 4,000 applications were received and screened 7 Mauritania
across both countries. A unique recruitment process secured women
the 50 hires (25 from Mauritania and 25 from Senegal)
43
men

People & Skills The Programme includes:

Development
Being one of the beneficiaries of this
programme is a dream come true
but also a challenge. I have goals to
reach and this programme will help
me to strengthen my personality and
set up a good career plan in the oil
Social Investment and gas sector. Senegal is counting
on us a lot and bp has invested
a lot in us; we have a duty not to 2020 2021 2022 2023
Economic Development disappoint them. Working together 12-month tailored Technical training programme Secondment Deployment to
Community Health with Mauritania will also strengthen English Language (overseas training centre) to bp operating GTA phase 1
intercultural exchange.” programme regions for on as qualified
Education
Mathieu Thiara Biangaize, Senegal (in-country) 3-month introduction to the job training technicians
Environment
oil and gas module held in
country with INPG and ESP
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 Nouakchott, Dakar, Saint Louis / People & Skills Development

Oil & Gas 101s

‫ﻭ ﻣﻌﺎﺩﻥ‬ ‫ﳏﺮﻭﻗﺎﺕ‬

bp’s Oil and Gas 101s aim to build people’s awareness and knowledge
of the energy sector in both Mauritania and Senegal. The workshops
are free to attend and tailored to the needs of the local audiences.

To date, we’ve run two modules: Mauritania

Oil & Gas Module 1 aimed at

teaching oil and gas fundamentals
Mauritania from exploration to production; what
is LNG; what is local content
& Senegal Oil & Gas Module 2
Since 2019, around
aimed at raising awareness around 150 people
regulation, legal framework and fiscal in Nouakchott
aspects of oil and gas governance attended the training

Supply Chain
Senegal

People & Skills As a member of a youth

Development organisation, participating in
this workshop allowed me
to be better informed about
the challenges of the oil and
gas sector in Senegal. Thank
you to the organisers for
these moments of exchange.
Social Investment I recommend that they
continue both theoretically and
practically. I really want to visit
Economic Development
Since 2019, an offshore platform.”
Community Health
600 people Marie Mbathio Ndiaye, Senegal
Education
took part in the Oil and 7 6
Environment sessions
Gas sessions in Saint sessions in
Louis and Dakar in Dakar Saint Louis
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Economic Development
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bp aims to support local economic development by investing in fishing community capacity building to sustain native resources, as well as
in skills such as micro finance and know-how. Improved economic growth and SME development is key to supporting a vibrant national SME
sector. Since 2019, there have been 121,063 beneficiaries of bp’s social investment across the two countries: of which 57.7% are women.

1 Access to capital 2 Fishing value chain

FCFA 5 124
fishing fishermen benefited
Senegal
30,000,000
Microfinance credit fund
organisations
supported
from capacity building
trainings (M-87/W-37)

established for local fishermen 1 56

artificial reef people benefited

$860 created from micro credits

Supply Chain
Micro-loan average value 3x 20
fishing-related people benefited from

People & Skills

$48,000
Total amount of
76.78%
Repayment rate
infrastructure
constructed
vocational trainings

Development microfinancing issued under for micro-loans

micro-credit programmes

6
Social Investment 56 women
loans issued
Economic Development under micro-credit
Community Health programmes
332
Education
Environment
50 FCFA
pieces of fishing
equipment
100
women transformers
men 1,620,250 provided received equipment for
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marine hardware shop

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Community Health
‫ﻭ ﻣﻌﺎﺩﻥ‬ ‫ﳏﺮﻭﻗﺎﺕ‬

Strengthening access to health services and promoting awareness of

health, hygiene and sanitation for people in the community.

1 Improving access
2 Building community capacity

26,775
42,145 70,923
Senegal children vaccinated
people receiving direct
people/contact
increased awareness on
medical assistance community health topics
(treated or consulted)
301 at supported clinics
malnourished
children recovered
7,751
home visits conducted
Supply Chain

82 41
health awareness
people have
campaigns conducted
benefited from
People & Skills donated ambulance
Development (evacuation)
26
CBOs strengthened
in dynamics
7x
health posts
Social Investment provided with 3 Enhancing quality
health equipment
Economic Development
Community Health
Education
1x 37
Environment Goxu-Mbacc
medical outpost in
1,030
people subscribed to
medical staff trained

122
Langue de Barbarie health insurance fund community relays hired
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