Ivory Coast FSRU

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Ivory Coast FSRU, also called the Abidjan FSRU, was a proposed LNG import terminal in the Ivory Coast. There have been no updates in over two years, and the project is presumed shelved as of 2023.

Location

The project has been proposed to be located in Vridi Canal area of the Port of Abidjan.

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Project Details

• Operator: TotalEnergies (Original operator; no other operators have been found after TotalEnergies exited the project)
• Owner: TotalEnergies (34%), SOCAR (26%), Shell (13%), PetroCI (11%), Golar (6%), CI-Energies (5%) and Endeavor Energy (5%) (Original owners; no other owners have been found after TotalEnergies exited the project)
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• Location: Vridi, Port of Abidjan
• Coordinates: 5.272988, -4.028744 (approximate)
• Capacity: 3 mtpa
• Status: Shelved
• Type: Import
• Start Year: 2018
• Cost: US$100 million

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

Background

The regasification terminal, located in Cote d’Ivoire, would have included a floating storage and three-million-tonnes-per-year LNG regasification terminal (FSRU) – as well as a pipeline connecting the unit to existing and planned power plants across the region. It was expected to be operational in mid-2018. Total led the special purpose vehicle CI-GNL that would have developed and operated the project. Shareholders included: TotalEnergies – 34%, SOCAR – 26%, Shell – 13%, Petro CI – 11%, Golar – 6%, CI-Energies – 5% and Endeavor Energy – 5%.

In May 2021, TotalEnergies exited the project.

In June 2021, Côte d'Ivoire's Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Energy, via state electricity company Cote d'Ivoire Energies (CI Energies), issued a tender for a provider and operator of an FSRU in the Port of Abidjan.

There have been no significant updates regarding the project's development in over two years, and the project is presumed shelved as of 2023.