Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) has changed the site of its planned 9.6-million tonne/year (tpy) LNG plant, currently in design phase, to Al Ruwais Industrial City, Al Dhafrah, Abu Dhabi, from Fujairah, UAE. ADNOC said that the new location offers “significant synergies and existing infrastructure that will be leveraged to deliver project efficiencies.”
The plant will use two 4.8-million tpy electric-powered trains. Using electricity supplied by renewable and nuclear sources will make the plant one of the lowest carbon-intensity LNG production projects in the world, according to ADNOC.
ADNOC expects to follow front-end engineering and design with award of an engineering, procurement, and construction contract in 2023. The company already produces 6 million tpy of LNG from a plant on Das Island off the coast of Abu Dhabi (OGJ Online, May 13, 2022).
Earlier this week, ADNOC Gas PLC agreed to sell TotalEnergies Gas and Power Ltd. LNG for a 3-year term starting this year (OGJ Online, May 1, 2023).
