Elng Idco Lng Terminal
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Egyptian Lng
- Website: http://www.egyptianlng.com/
- 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
Technical Details
- Storage capacity:
- Constructor: Bechtel
- Licensor: Conocophillips
Ongoing Projects/Project Status
Suppliers / Customers
- Suppliers: BG Group 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
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.
Relevant Links
- BG Group Egypt Operations
- BG and partners agree principal terms for Egyptian LNG Train 2
- Agreement reached on Egypt LNG Export Project
- Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract awarded for Egyptian LNG
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