MODEC, Inc. announced that FPSO Léopold Sédar Senghor has departed Singapore and commenced its voyage towards Senegal on December 22, 2023. The FPSO will be acquired by Woodside Energy (Senegal) B.V. as operator of the Sangomar Field Development Phase 1. The FPSO will be deployed approximately 100 kilometers south of Dakar as part of Senegal's first offshore oil development. The FPSO was previously a VLCC and was converted by MODEC into a fit for purpose FPSO suitable for use in the Sangomar Field in accordance with agreed specifications under an FPSO purchase contract entered into with Woodside.

Over the last 12 months MODEC has been responsible for the topsides integration and shipyard pre-commissioning work undertaken in Singapore. The FPSO will be capable of processing 100,000 barrels of crude oil per day, 145,000 barrels of water injection per day and will have minimum storage capacity of 1,300,000 barrels of crude oil. The FPSO Léopold Sédar Senghor is MODEC's fifth FPSO to be delivered to West Africa.