Bahrain Hidd FLNG Terminal
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Bahrain Hidd FLNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal in Muharraq Island, Bahrain.
Location
Project details
- Operator: Bahrain LNG[1]
- Owner: Bahrain LNG[1]
- Parent company: Nogaholding (now Bapco Energies[2]; 30%)[3][1], Seapeak (30%)[4], Samsung (16%)[3][1], Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC) (24%)[3][1]
- Location: Al Hidd, Hidd Industrial area, Muharraq Island, Bahrain[1]
- Coordinates: 26.21042, 50.703143 (exact)[5]
- Capacity: 6.1 mtpa, 0.87 bcfd[6]
- Status: Idle[7][8]
- Type: Import[9]
- Start year: 2019[10]
Background
Bahrain Hidd FLNG Terminal is a permanent LNG import terminal in Muharraq Island, Bahrain.[11]
Bahrain Hidd FLNG is central to Bahrain’s larger plans of both becoming a regional gas hub and to meet increasing energy demands. In the Oxford Business Group reported that Bahrain's gas consumption increases by an average annual rate of 5%.[12]
Bahrain's demand for gas is mostly concentrated on industry, which accounted for around 41% of demand in 2015, with Aluminum Bahrain consuming almost half of that. [13] Bahrain's Bapco refinery is another large consumer of gas, and its production is expected to double in the medium term.[13] Because Bahrain's power sector depends completely on gas for electricity generation, demand will certainly grow in the future.[13] With an uncertain demand and supply outlook, LNG imports have been planned as a way to adequately cover the possible gas deficit the country could experience in the coming years and enhance the country's energy security.[13]
The Hidd LNG import facility is planned to receive LNG shipments. Onshore infrastructure includes a gas receiving plant and a nitrogen production facility. Offshore infrastructure includes a floating storage unit and a regasification platform 2.6 miles (4.3km) away from the existing breakwater at the Khalifa Bin Salman Port.[14]
The terminal began construction January 2017.[14] According to a report by Natixis, the total project costs were expected to amount to around $US 991 million.[3] It began commercial operations in 2019, when the Bahrain Spirit FSU arrived at the terminal with a cargo from the UAE.[10][15] The terminal consists of onshore regasification facilities coupled with an offshore FSU. After receiving the commissioning cargo, the 174,000 m3 FSU Bahrain Spirit was redeployed as an LNG carrier in 2020.[7] As of 2023, the terminal had remained idle since 2020.[8][7]
In May 2022, Bahrain announced plans to import five to six cargoes of LNG in 2025 to meet the rising energy demands of the summer, possibly needing an initial cargo sometime between 2023 and 2024 to check its infrastructure.[16] Nevertheless, as of May 2024, the terminal is still idle.[17][4]
Middle East and LNG imports
Bahrain is not the only country rich with gas reserves in the Middle East to import gas. Countries in one the most gas rich regions import LNG by tanker. They include Mina Al-Ahmadi LNG Terminal in Kuwait in 2009, Jebel Ali FLNG Terminal in Dubai in 2010, Hadera LNG Terminal in Israel in 2013, Jordan through Aqaba Jordan LNG Terminal in 2015, Ruwais LNG Terminal in Abu Dhabi in 2016. The city of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates plan to import LNG in 2018. Bahrain plans to import LNG through its Bahrain Hidd FLNG Terminal in 2019. It was reported in 2017 that even Saudi Arabia is considering LNG imports.[18]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Bahrain LNG - BLNG Project - About". Bahrain LNG. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Powering the next generation". Bapco Energies. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Bahrain LNG Terminal Project" (PDF). Natixis. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 GIIGNL (2024). "GIIGNL Annual Report 2024" (PDF). GIIGNL. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Bahrain LNG WLL (ORF) · 6P63+439, KBSP Causeway, Al Hidd, Bahrain". Bahrain LNG WLL (ORF) · 6P63+439, KBSP Causeway, Al Hidd, Bahrain. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
- ↑ "IGU 2022 World LNG Report" (PDF). IGU. 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "IGU 2021 World LNG Report" (PDF). IGU. 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 75. "Bahrain - Oil and Gas". International Trade Administration | Trade.gov. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Bahrain LNG Import Terminal Project". KAEFER. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 Bahrain LNG terminal to start commercial operations in May Reuters, May 25, 2019.
- ↑ Bahrain Hidd FLNG Terminal , A Barrel Full, accessed April 2017
- ↑ "Bahrain to meet domestic energy demand with new LNG terminal," Oxford Business Group, November 1, 2016.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 "Bahrain LNG: a game changer for the kingdom" (PDF). Apicorp Energy Research. June 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Bahrain LNG Terminal, Bahrain," hydrocarbons-technology.com, retrieved August 2017.
- ↑ "Energy Research & Consultancy". www.woodmac.com. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
- ↑ Ahmed, Fatma (May 17, 2022). "Bahrain to Import LNG to Meet High Demand". Egypt Oil & Gas. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- ↑ 75 (2024-05-08). "Bahrain - Oil and Gas". www.trade.gov. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Robin M. Mills, "The great gasification wave has passed," LiveMint, August 17, 2017.
