Jorf Lasfar LNG Terminal

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Jorf Lasfar LNG Terminal is a proposed LNG import terminal in El Jadida province, Morocco.

Location

The map below shows the location of Jorf Lasfar, the approximate location of the terminal, in El Jadida province, Casablanca-Settat region.

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Project Details

• Owner: Office National de l’Electricite et de l’Eau Potable (ONEE)
• Parent: SIGER/ERGIS Group
• Location: Jorf Lasfar, El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco
• Coordinates: 33.1267, -8.62028 (approximate)
• Capacity: 7 billion cubic metres per year (0.68 bcfd)
• Status: Proposed
• Type: Import
• Cost: US$4.5 billion
• Start Year: 2025

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

Background

In November 2014, the Moroccan government revived plans to build a $4.6-billion liquefied natural gas regasification terminal in Jorf Lasfar. According to the plan, state-owned electricity producer ONEE would build four 600-MW gas-fired power plants in the area. The government's plan is for the facility to be finished by 2021.

In September 2015, ONEE called for applications for a technical advisor for the project. In January 2017, ONEE selected HSBC Middle East as financial advisor on the project.

In October of 2018, owners were reportedly preparing to invite bids for the project in Jorf Lasfar, suggesting that the project is still under development. In 2017, Moroccan state-owned power utility, ONEE, picked HSBC Middle East Ltd as the financial adviser for its plan to boost imports of LNG.

In April 2019, Morocco was planning to tender the facility in Jorf Lasfar before the end of the year.

In early 2024, Morocco announced plans to build the country's first floating LNG import terminal to reduce its reliance on imports coming from Spain and to enhance the country's energy security. The Nador West Med Port, currently in construction, was chosen as the site for the FLNG terminal because of its proximity to Spain and because of its easy connection to the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline.

The plan to built the Nador West Med Port LNG terminal was announced along with plans to build two other regasification facilities, to be completed before 2030. This is in line with the Ministry of Energy's prediction that Morocco's demand for fossil gas will surge to 8 bcm by 2027. The proposed facilities include a terminal built along the Atlantic coast, which will be either built in Jorf Lasfar industrial estate or in Mohammedia, and a platform near the port of Dakhla, which is expected to begin operations in 2030.