Marsa El Brega LNG Terminal
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Marsa El Brega LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Al Wahat District, Libya. The facility has not operated since 2011.
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Location
The map below shows the facility, in Brega, Al Wahat District.
Project details
- Owner: Sirte Oil Company
- Parent: National Oil Corporation (Government of Libya)
- Location: Brega, Al Wahat, Libya
- Coordinates: 30.40675, 19.5935 (exact)
- Capacity: 3.2 mtpa, 0.46 bcfd
- Status: Mothballed
- Type: Export
- Start Year: 1970
Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day
Background
The Marsa el Brega LNG Terminal consists of four natural gas liquefaction trains, with a total capacity of 3.2 million metric tons per year (mtpa), or 0.46 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd). It was built in 1970, and was only the second LNG liquefaction plant in the world. It is owned by the Sirte Oil Company, a subsidiary of the National Oil Corporation, Libya's state-owned oil & gas company.[1][2] However, sanctions prevented the Libyan government from properly renovating the facility, so its output had declined about about 15% of nameplate capacity.[3]
In 2005, following the end of sanctions, NOC reached an agreement with Shell, part of which involved Shell working with NOC to renovate and revitalize the Marsa el Brega LNG terminal.[4] In 2010, Shell and NOC started looking for a construction contractor for the renovation project.[5] However, following the beginning of the Libyan civil war in 2011, Shell pulled out of the country in May 2011, and has not returned.[6]
The Marsa El Brega facility has not exported any LNG since the start of the war in 2011.[3][7]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ معمل اسالة الغاز, Sirte Oil website, accessed June 2017.
- ↑ Marsa El Brega LNG Terminal, A Barrel Full, accessed June 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Libya Oil & Gas Report: Q2 2017, BMI Research, pp.38-40.
- ↑ Libya LNG: Rejuvenating Brega and Developing New LNG, Shell/NOC document, 2007.
- ↑ Libya puts hope for LNG exports on new finds, The National, 1 July 2010.
- ↑ Libya's NOC criticises Shell's record, 9 July 2012.
- ↑ Libya Has Resumed Oil Exports, But Will It Last?, OilPrice.com, 19 July 2014.
