Cap Lopez FLNG Terminal

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Cap Lopez FLNG Terminal, also known as Gabon LNG, is an in-construction LNG export terminal in Gabon.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Cap Lopez FLNG Terminal	Cap Lopez, Gabon	-0.632279, 8.71253 (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
Cap Lopez FLNG Terminal	export	construction	0.7 mtpa	0.7 mtpa	True	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Cap Lopez FLNG Terminal	export	US$1,000,000,000	US$1,000,000,000

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
Cap Lopez FLNG Terminal	export	construction	2022	2023 (FID)	2024	2027	–

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Cap Lopez FLNG Terminal	export	construction	Perenco SA [100%]	Perenco SA [100.0%]	Perenco

Table 6: Vessel ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Vessel
Cap Lopez FLNG Terminal	export	construction	FSU LNG Cap Lopez, Bran6 Barge

Background

In December 2022, London-based oil and gas firm Perenco received technical approval from the Gabonese authorities for the construction of an LNG export terminal at Cap Lopez, Gabon.

In February 2023, Perenco announced a final investment decision (FID) on the project. The facility will have a capacity of 0.7 mtpa LNG and 0.2 mtpa liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The project will expand on the existing Cap Lopez Oil Export Terminal operated by Perenco. Construction is expected to take 3 years, with the project coming online in 2026.

Perenco had bought the Cap Lopez Terminal from TotalEnergies in 2021 for $350 million but was forced to suspend operations in April 2022 following a 300,000 barrel oil spill at the terminal.

In May 2024, a representative of Perenco said that construction was expected to begin within the coming weeks, and that the design was "a unique concept, where we have a liquefaction barge that will be built and all modules sent to the FSU which will be moored alongside the FLNG."

In September 2024, Dixstone was awarded the contract to construct, procure, and integrate the LNG project.

In November 2024, the Bran6 barge began conversions in the UAE the become the project's liquefaction barge.

In April 2025, Perenco announced it had bought the LNG carrier LNG Bayelsa from Nigeria's Bonny Gas Transport for conversion into the FSU LNG Cap Lopez.

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