Sudan Red Sea LNG Terminal
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Sudan Red Sea LNG Terminal is a shelved LNG import terminal project in Sudan. There have been no development updates in two years, and the project is presumed to be shelved as of 2024.
Location
Project Details
- Owner: Sunagas[1]
- Parent: Sunagas[1]
- Location: Port Sudan, Sudan[1]
- Coordinates: 19.580262, 37.240723 (approximate)
- Capacity:
- Status: Shelved[2]
- Type: Import[1]
- Start Year: 2014[1], 2018[3]
- Cost: US$500 million[4]
- Associated infrastructure: Port Sudan power station
Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day
Background
Sunagas and Sudan Ports Authority signed the lease agreement for Sudan’s first LNG import terminal in July of 2018. The terminal was going to be constructed in Port Sudan.[5]
The terminal was going to feed gas to Port Sudan Power Plant and to a pipeline leading to Khartoum. It was planned to include two full containment storage tanks (up to four in subsequent pahses), one jetty with unloading facilities (two jetties in subsequent phases), regasification facilities, truck loading bays, metering station at the battery limit with the pipeline.[6]
Following the development of plans for the onshore LNG Terminal, Sofregaz developed FEED for an FSRU (floating storage and regasification unit) that would fast track the start of LNG imports to provide fuel for the Port of Sudan power station.[3][4] The FSRU project was planned to have a capacity of 6.17 mpta, would cost of US$500 million, and would be constructed by Sunagas, sith Sofregaz providing engineering and design services.[4] According to an article published online on April 13, 2018 in TradeWinds, "Sudanese natural gas buyer Sunagas [was] tendering for a floating storage and regasification unit as a quick start-up solution while it [pursued] a land-based import terminal project."[7] The same article stated that "Sunagas [had] gone out to pre-qualified bidders asking for offers on an FSRU or any solution that [would] allow it to supply gas for a planned Port Sudan power station on the Red Sea coast."[7]
The FSRU project was to be completed in December 2018, according to Sofregaz.[3] A document published by Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation Machinery, Inc., and Nippon Koei in 2022 examined the potential of energy projects in Sudan and included a brief mention of a proposal for an FSRU to replace the Port of Sudan LNG Terminal.[2] However, since there have been no significant development updates in over two years, and considering the ongoing conflict in Sudan,[8] the project (both the FSRU and the onshore terminal) is presumed to be shelved as of 2024.[2]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Red Sea LNG Import Terminal - Sudan - Sofregaz". sofregaz.fr. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mitsubishi Corporation, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (February 28, 2022). "The Pre-Feasibility Study for Development of Power and Infrastructure Projects in Sudan" (PDF). METI. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Port Sudan FSRU - Sofregaz". sofregaz.fr. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Resources, Kristie Sotolongo-Industrial Info. "SunaGas to Select EPC for Floating LNG Import Terminal in Sudan, an Industrial Info Market Brief". Industrial Info Resources. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ↑ GIIGNL World Report 2019 GIIGNL, accessed August 5, 2019
- ↑ LNG Import Terminal - Sudan SOFREGAZ, accessed August 5, 2019
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Hine (undefined), Lucy (2018-04-13). "Sudan joins queue for FSRU as it works on onshore terminal". TradeWinds | Latest shipping and maritime news. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ↑ "Sudan Declares Force Majeure On Crude Exports After 'Major Rupture' In Key Pipeline". MEES. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
