As the Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) vessel Hilli Episeyo officially departs Cameroon for its 20-year charter in Argentina in July 2026, the country’s maritime LNG export operations will temporarily shut down, but rather than shutting down the offshore wells, Perenco and the state-owned Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH) are redirecting and repurposing the gas from the Sanaga South and Ebomé fields.
Unprocessed natural gas will bypass the ocean mooring and be piped entirely to the Bipaga Gas Processing Centre on the mainland.
In the event the processing centre will increase the extraction of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG/butane), heavily targeting the state-subsidized domestic cooking gas market to reduce Cameroon’s reliance on fuel imports.
The Bipaga Gas Processing Centre came on stream in 2024, supplying natural gas through a dedicated .27-kilometre pipeline to the Keda Cameroon Ceramics Ltd manufacturing plant. The plant consumes up to 6Million standard cubic feet per day (MMscf/d) under a 20-year gas sales contract signed between Perenco and SNH.
