Technip Energies, a French engineering and technology corporation, has emerged as the preferred partner for African oil and gas producers, deploying cutting-edge technologies and creating a number of large-scale projects across Africa.
Given this experience, Technip Energies is a significant driver of large-scale hydrocarbon projects in Africa, and the business is currently concentrating its efforts on Namibia’s potential industry.
While Technip had had a presence in Namibia since 2008 when it was awarded a contract for a uranium treatment plant in the country’s west (which closed in 2012), large-scale oil and gas discoveries by Shell and TotalEnergies in 2022 signalled new opportunities in the country’s energy sector for the French firm.
To date, the business has completed over 100 projects throughout Africa, offering technological solutions, goods, and services, as well as turnkey contracting and building expertise in the downstream, LNG, gas-to-power, mining and metals, and offshore industries.
As a result of substantial oil and gas finds in 2022 and 2023, as well as significant potential for green hydrogen, Namibia is predicted to witness unprecedented expansion in the oil, gas, and renewable energy industries.
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Benefits of Technip Energies/Namibia Collaboration
The partnership between Technip Energies and Namibia represents new opportunities for the accelerated development of oil and gas. The country is well positioned to usher in a new era of market growth powered by hydrocarbons by leveraging the firm’s expertise in LNG and offshore solutions, as well as experience as a successful project developer both in Africa and globally.
Namibia’s burgeoning oil and gas developments are in capable hands, thanks to Technip Energies’ expertise in engineering and building all types of LNG plants, including large-scale, onshore and offshore, as well as in remote and harsh environments.
“Technip brings to Namibia a strong track record of industry success and Namibia stands to learn a great deal from the company. The MoU signed between the country and Technip in 2022 represents a critical step towards getting these large-scale discoveries off the ground and ushering in a new era of project success in Namibia,” said NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the AEC.
Technip’s expertise and footprint in Namibia, on the other hand, extends beyond the oil and gas industry, with the company making a strong push for the development of green hydrogen. Namibia, representing a highly promising green hydrogen market due to significant potential for solar and wind deployment, is embarking on an ambitious green hydrogen agenda with several regional and global partners. Technip is currently working on a conceptual study for green ammonia production with a capacity of 200 to 400 MW from solar and wind. Technip is expected to play a key role in driving developments in the country’s green hydrogen market as it grows.
Shell, TotalEnergies, and Qatar Energy announced two oil and gas discoveries in the Graff and Venus discoveries just weeks apart in February 2022. According to global market intelligence firm Wood Mackenzie, Namibian deepwater discoveries contributed to the highest value of global finds in 2022, alongside discoveries in Guyana and Brazil, demonstrating the critical role these discoveries will play in kickstarting the country’s long-term socioeconomic growth.
During the 2022 edition of the continent’s premier oil and gas industry event, African Energy Week (AEW), in which both Namibia and Technip Energies played key roles, the French firm signed a collaboration agreement with the country’s national oil company NAMCOR for the development of the two discoveries.
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About Technip Energies
Technip Energies is a world-leading engineering and technology player in the energy transition. They bring their customer’s game-changing initiatives to reality and are devoted to boosting their performance.
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