Al Zour LNG Terminal

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Al Zour LNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal in Al-Zour, Kuwait. An export facility has also been proposed, although there have been no updates over two years and the project is presumed shelved.

Location

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Export Project Details

• Owner: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
• Parent: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
• Location: Al-Zour, Kuwait
• Coordinates: 28.7345748, 48.3887039 (approximate)
• Capacity: 22 mtpa
• Status: Shelved
• Type: Export
• Start Year:

Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day

Import Project Details

• Owner: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
• Parent: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
• Location: Al-Zour, Kuwait
• Coordinates: 28.71836828, 48.3973631 (exact)
• Capacity: 22 mtpa
  • Phase 1: 11 mtpa
  • Phase 2: 11 mtpa
• Status: Operating
• Cost: 3 billion USD
• Type: Import
• Start Year: 2022

Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day

Background

Al-Zour LNG terminal is located in the Al-Zour region, approximately 90km south of the Kuwait’s capital, Kuwait City, near the border with Saudi Arabia. The conceptual and feasibility studies for the terminal were undertaken in 2014. The project includes a re-gasification facility, eight LNG storage tanks with a capacity of 225,000m³ each, marine facilities including two marine jetties, and berthing facilities for loading. The project also includes other components such as 14 HP pumps, boil-off gas (BOG) and flare facilities. The facility is built to produce approximately 22 million metric tonnes (MMT) of natural gas a year and has a storage capacity of 1.8 million m³ of LNG. The terminal has a liquefaction capacity of 30 billion m3 per day.

The Hyundai Engineering Company (HEC) was contracted for the construction of Al-Zour LNG project. It also included Hyundai E&C, and state-owned Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS). Construction of the import terminal began in 2016. In January 2020 the governments of Kuwait and Qatar signed a new contract which called for the import project to begin operations in 2022. In September 2020, Bloomberg reported that Kuwait is was aiming to open the import terminal by March 2021.

The import terminal was completed in November 2021 and its first phase reached full operations in February 2022, with four 225,000 m3 storage tanks and 11 mtpa of regasification capacity. The second phase, which was completed in 2022, included 4 additional tanks of the same size. The Al-Zour LNG import terminal is the largest LNG import terminal in the Middle East.

There have been no development updates in over two years for the export facility, and the project is presumed to be shelved as of 2022.