Morocco FSRU

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Morocco FSRU Terminal is a proposed LNG import terminal in Morocco.

Location

The FSRU is expected to be built in Mohammedia Port, Morocco.

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Project Details

• Operator:
• Owner: Morocco Ministry of Energy, Mining and Sustainable Development
• Parent company: Morocco Ministry of Energy, Mining and Sustainable Development
• Location: Mohammedia Port, Mohammedia, Morocco
• Coordinates: 33.71339, -7.397731 (approximate)
• Capacity:
• Status: Proposed
• Type: Import
• Start Year: 2022

Background

In December 2019, a Ministerial advisor in Morocco said the project will move forward in 2020 with a floating terminal scheduled for operation by 2021.

In May 2021, UK's Predator Oil & Gas submitted a bid to the government of Morocco to own and operate the facility. In a statement Predator said that the initial scope of the FSRU project would be an annual requirement of 1.1 bcm by 2025 rising to 1.7 bcm in 2030 and 3 bcm in 2040.

In January 2022, Morocco invited bids to carry out a study on plans for upgrading Mohammedia port near Casablanca to potentially host an LNG FSRU and related infrastructure.

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.