Damietta Segas LNG Terminal
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Damietta SEGAS LNG Terminal is a gas export terminal in Damiette, Egypt. SEGAS stands for Spanish Egyptian Gas Company.
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Location
Damietta Segas LNG Terminal is located 60 kilometers west of Port Said.[1]
Project Details
- Owner: Unión Fenosa (40%), Eni (40%), Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS - 10%), Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC – 10%)[2]
- Location: Damiette Port, Damiette, Egypt
- Coordinates: 31.469, 31.7473 (exact)
- Capacity: 5.5 mtpa, 0.79 bcfd
- Status: Operating
- Type: Export
- Start Year: 2004
Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day
Background
Damietta SEGAS is an LNG export terminal in Damiette, Egypt. It has one train.[3]
Declining domestic gas production and rising gas demand in Egypt led to the idling of Damietta Segas in 2012. The gas that had acted as feedstock for the plant was diverted to maintain gas supply to Cairo. It is currently unknown as to when (or whether) the plant may be restarted.[4]
In 2015 Egypt became a net LNG importer. Political upheaval caused power shortages and forced Egypt to save gas for is own use.[5] In 2017, the International Gas Union predicted new gas drilling in the Zohr gas field of the Mediterranean Sea, as well as Egypt's West Nile Delta, could restore Egypt's status as a net gas exporter by 2021.[6]
In May 2015, Damietta Segas LNG Terminal owners, Spain’s Union Fenosa Gas Company, signed a letter of intent with US Noble Energy, a 36 per cent owner of Israel’s Tamar gas field, to export 2.5 trillion cubic feet of gas over 15 years to Damietta Segas LNG.[7]
Forbes reported in November 2015 that the if Egypt joins Cyrus and Israel in a venture to import gas to Egypt, the three countries have enough infrastructure to form a regional Eastern Mediterranean gas hub.[8]
According to the International Gas Union’s World LNG 2017 report, Egypt was the 18th largest LNG exporter by share between 2015 and 2016.[6]
Proposed Expansion Background
In 2005, construction of a second train was proposed, which would have expanded capacity to 10 million tonnes per year. It was to be supplied from the Satis gas discovery in the offshore Nile Delta. However, the plan was postponed due limited gas reserves and increased domestic demand in Egypt. There have been no development updates since 2005, and the proposed expansion is presumed to be cancelled.[9]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ "SEGAS Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Complex, Damietta, Egypt", Hydrocarbons Technology. Retrieved on 2017-07-13.
- ↑ "EGAS, EGPC, Union Fenosa Gas & SEGAS sign Agreements in relation to the Damietta LNG plant", Oil Egypt (2003-06-30). Retrieved on 2008-02-13.
- ↑ SEGAS LNG Wikipedia, accessed April 2017
- ↑ "Egypt Overview", EIA (2013-07-31). Retrieved on 2014-04-30.
- ↑ Yaacov Benmeleh and Rakteem Katakey, "Shell to Mull Buying Israeli, Cyprus Gas for Egypt Plant," Bloomberg, August 20, 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "2017 World LNG Report" International Gas Union, Accessed June 20, 2017.
- ↑ , "Egypt to import Israeli gas?," Al-Ahram Weekly, August 23, 2017.
- ↑ Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann, "Egypt Holds The Key To The Eastern Mediterranean's Gas Future," Forbes, November 29, 2015
- ↑ SEGAS LNG Wikipedia, accessed April 2017
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