Petrosen's Director General has indicated to AFP that Phase 2 of the Sangomar oil field is expected to come online around 2028, signalling that Senegal's national oil company is already planning the next stage of development at the country's flagship upstream project shortly after Phase 1 achieved first oil in 2024.
Sangomar Phase 1 established Senegal as a producing oil nation for the first time, and the early projection of a 2028 target for Phase 2 suggests that the operator and its partners are moving with intent to expand production capacity at the field. The Petrosen DG's public statement to a major international news agency carries weight as an official signal of the development timeline, though no final investment decision or contract awards for Phase 2 have been reported at this stage. The instrument here is a senior executive's public projection — not an FID, not a contract, and not a formal development plan approval.
For the broader Senegalese upstream sector, the Phase 2 horizon matters because it sets an approximate window for planning, engineering studies, and early supplier engagement. Phase 1 involved a floating production, storage and offloading vessel as the central production asset, and any Phase 2 expansion would logically require evaluation of whether additional subsea infrastructure, new well campaigns, or FPSO modifications are warranted — though the article does not specify the technical scope of Phase 2. Norwegian service companies with existing relationships in West Africa should note the approximate 2028 timeline as a planning reference.
Senegal's upstream sector has developed rapidly, with Sangomar representing the country's first deepwater oil development. Petrosen holds a meaningful equity stake in the project, and the DG's forward guidance reflects growing institutional confidence in the field's resource base and commercial viability. Phase 2 planning will ultimately hinge on Phase 1 production performance data, reservoir appraisal results, and capital allocation decisions by all equity partners — none of which have been detailed in this report.
For Norwegian service companies, the 2028 Phase 2 horizon places serious commercial preparation in the 2025-2027 window. Companies active in subsea installation, FPSO integration, drilling services, and well intervention should begin relationship-building with Petrosen and the project operator now, tracking when engineering studies and formal procurement processes are initiated. No procurement or supplier outreach is warranted at this point, but the announcement confirms Sangomar as a multi-phase asset with a credible long-term development runway in West Africa.