ELNG IDCO LNG Terminal

Summary Information

• Ownership: Egyptian LNG
• Website: http://www.egyptianlng.com/
  • Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), Shell, Petronas, Total
• Location: 3 kilometres away from the town of Idku and 40 kilometers east of Alexandria on the Egyptian Mediterranean coast
• Capacity: 7.2 million tons/annum
• Status: In Operation

Brief Description

• A large LNG processing terminal with two trains and two storage tanks

Technical Details

• Storage capacity: Two storage tanks at 140,000m3 capacity each
• Constructor: Bechtel
• Licensor: Conocophillips

Suppliers / Customers

• Suppliers: Shell and partners supply Trains 1 and 2 of Egyptian LNG with gas from the Simian Sienna Gas Field and Sapphire Gas Field
• Customers: Gaz de France, BG Gas Marketing

History

• 2000 - Agreement reached on Egypt LNG Export Project
• 2001 - Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract awarded to Bechtel
• 2002 - Construction of the plant began
• 2005 - Terminal came on stream
• 2018 - Total acquires a stake from Engie

Other Information

• The plant was built by Bechtel
• The Egyptian LNG facilities, located at Idku, comprise the two LNG production trains and include the common facilities such as storage tanks, loading jetty and utilities. There is sufficient space at the Idku site for a further four LNG trains. The commercial structure of Egyptian LNG has been designed to allow future expansion without the need to involve all existing partners, and it is possible that third parties could supply gas to future Egyptian LNG trains.

Links

1. BG Group Egypt Operations
2. BG and partners agree principal terms for Egyptian LNG Train 2
3. Agreement reached on Egypt LNG Export Project
4. Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract awarded for Egyptian LNG
5. Total Closes the acquisition of Engie’s Upstream LNG Business And Becomes World #2 LNG Player