Benin FSRU
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Benin FSRU Terminal is a proposed floating LNG terminal in Cotonou, Benin. There have been no development updates in over four years and the project is presumed cancelled as of 2024.
Location
The proposed LNG terminal would be a floating in the port of Cotonou, Benin.
Project details
- Owner: TotalEnergies[1]
- Parent company: TotalEnergies
- Location: off the coast of Contonou, Benin[1]
- Coordinates: 6.346843, 2.435208 (approximate)
- Capacity: 0.5 mtpa[1]
- Status: Cancelled
- Type: Import[1]
- Start Year: 2021[1]
Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day
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.[1]
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.
