ADNOC advances Ruwais LNG project with early EPC activities

ADNOC has issued a limited notice to proceed to Technip Energies, leader of a joint venture (TJN Ruwais JV) with JGC Corp. and National Petroleum Construction Co., to begin early engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) activities at the Ruwais low-carbon LNG project in Al Ruwais Industrial City, Al Dhafrah, Abu Dhabi.

The notice is a milestone as the project advances toward final investment decision, which is expected this year, ADNOC said in a release Mar. 12. 

The Ruwais LNG project, currently in design phase, consists of two 4.8 million tonnes/year (tpy) natural gas liquefaction trains with a total capacity of 9.6 million tpy of LNG. When completed, it will more than double ADNOC’s LNG production target capacity to 15 million tpy to meet increased global demand for natural gas.

For low carbon-intensity LNG production, the plant will use electric-driven motors instead of conventional gas turbines and will be powered by nuclear energy, according to the operator.