UAE’s state-owned oil and gas company ADNOC has issued a limited notice to proceed with early engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) activities for the Ruwais LNG project to a joint venture led by Technip Energies.
With the final investment decision expected this year, the Ruwais LNG project is set to be the first LNG export facility in the Middle East and North Africa region to run on clean power which, according to ADNOC, will make it one of the lowest carbon-intensity LNG plants in the world.
The other consortium members set to work on the LNG project located in the Al Ruwais Industrial City in Abu Dhabi are the JGC Corporation and the National Petroleum Construction Company PJSC.
Once completed, the project will consist of two LNG liquefaction trains with a capacity of 4.8m metric tonnes per annum each or a total of 9.6m mtpa. Ruwais LNG is set to more than double ADNOC’s LNG production capacity from 6m mtpa to around 15m mtpa. The deliveries from the facility are expected to start in 2028.
“The Ruwais LNG project will reinforce ADNOC’s position as a reliable global natural gas supplier, underscoring its pivotal role and contribution to global energy security,” said Fatema Al Nuaimi, EVP of ADNOC’s Downstream Business Management.
Originally, the project was supposed to be built in Fujairah, but the UAE-based firm changed the site of the LNG plant to Al Ruwais in early May 2023.
