Benin FSRU

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Benin FSRU is a cancelled (inferred 4 y) LNG import terminal in Benin.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Benin FSRU	Contonou, Benin	6.346843, 2.435208 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the terminal:

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Project Details

Table 2: Infrastructure details

mtpa = million tonnes per year

Name	Facility type	Status	Capacity	Total terminal capacity	Offshore	Associated infrastructure
Benin FSRU	import	cancelled (inferred 4 y)	0.5 mtpa	0.5 mtpa	True	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Benin FSRU	import	–	–

Financing

No financing data available.

Table 4: Project timeline

FID = Final Investment Decision, used by some developers to indicate a project will move forward

Name	Facility type	Status	Proposal year	FID year	Construction year	Operating year	Inactive year
Benin FSRU	import	cancelled (inferred 4 y)	2019	–	–	–	2024 (cancelled)

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Benin FSRU	import	cancelled (inferred 4 y)	TotalEnergies SE [100%]	TotalEnergies SE [100.0%]	–

Background

Total S.A., the Republic of Benin, and the Société Béninoise d’Energie Electrique (SBEE) signed a Gas Supply Agreement and the Host Government Agreement for the development of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) import floating terminal and the supply of up to 0.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of regasified LNG from Total’s global portfolio to Benin for 15 years, starting in 2021. Total would develop and operate the regasification infrastructure that would comprise a floating storage and re-gasification unit (FSRU) located offshore Benin and an offshore pipeline connection to the existing and planned power plants in Maria Gléta.

A similar project was previously proposed by Gasol and SOCAR in 2012, the Cotonou FSRU. This project also did not advance.

There have been no development updates in over four years and the project is presumed cancelled as of 2024.

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