BP expects first Tortue gas over next three or four months, CEO says

Asked about the timing of first gas and LNG cargoes from Tortue during BP’s second quarter results call on Wednesday, Auchincloss said that BP continues to make “good progress” on the project. He noted that the project’s floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit has arrived at the GTA project off the coasts of Mauritania…

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