Damietta SEGAS LNG Terminal

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Damietta SEGAS LNG Terminal, also known as SEGAS LNG and Dameetta LNG Terminal, is an LNG export terminal in Egypt with units that are operating and shelved (confirmed).

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
T1	Damiette Port, Damiette, Egypt	31.469, 31.7473 (exact)
T2	Damiette Port, Damiette, Egypt	31.469, 31.7473 (exact)

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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
T1	export	operating	5 mtpa	10.0 mtpa	False	–
T2	export	shelved (confirmed)	5 mtpa	10.0 mtpa	False	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
T1	export	US$1,300,000,000	US$1,300,000,000
T2	export	–	US$1,300,000,000

Table 4: Financing

Name	Facility type	Financing
T1	export	US$300 million loan from the European Investment Bank
T2	export	–

Table 5: 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
T1	export	operating	–	–	–	2005	–
T2	export	shelved (confirmed)	2005	2008 (Pre-FID)	–	–	2009 (shelved)

Ownership

Table 6: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
T1	export	operating	Spanish Egyptian Gas Company SAE [100%]	Eni SpA [50.0%]; Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co [40.0%]; Egyptian General Petroleum Corp [10.0%]	SEGAS Services
T2	export	shelved (confirmed)	Spanish Egyptian Gas Company SAE [100%]	Eni SpA [50.0%]; Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co [40.0%]; Egyptian General Petroleum Corp [10.0%]	SEGAS Services

Background

Damietta SEGAS is an LNG export terminal in Damietta, Egypt. It has one train.

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. At the time, it was unknown as to when (or whether) the plant would be restarted.

In 2015, Egypt became a net LNG importer. Political upheaval caused power shortages and forced Egypt to save gas for is own use. 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.

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.

Forbes reported in November 2015 that if Egypt joined Cyprus and Israel in a venture to import gas to Egypt, the three countries could have enough infrastructure to form a regional Eastern Mediterranean gas hub.

According to the International Gas Union’s World LNG 2017 report, Egypt was the 18th largest LNG exporter by share between 2015 and 2016.

According to the International Group of Liquefied Natural Gas Importers (GIIGNL) 2020 Annual Report, "In February 2020, Eni signed a series of agreements with the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company and Naturgy for the restart of the Damietta liquefaction plant by June 2020, which had been idle since November 2012."

It was reported in June 2020 that plans to revive the plant had fallen through due to adverse economic conditions for LNG project developers which the COVID-19 pandemic had amplified.

Egypt's oil minister Tarak El-Molla announced in January 2021 that the terminal would reopen in February 2021, marking a revival of Egypt's LNG push, in particular to the European market. The plan involved shipping gas derived from Egypt's giant Zohr field as well as some gas imported from Israel.

On February 23, 2021, the export terminal came back online after idling for eight years. According to Bloomberg reporting, Egypt accounted for only about 1% of global LNG supply in 2019, but "the re-opening of the LNG terminal helps its plan to become an export hub on Europe's doorstep."

In May 2023, however, the Damietta LNG Terminal halted production because of an increased domestic demand for gas in Egypt. Production at the Egyptian LNG facility was also temporarily halted in July of that same year. In January 2024, production at the Damietta Terminal resumed, but was again halted in May of 2024 due to another seasonal uptick in domestic demand during the summer months in Egypt. Egypt has plans to import LNG shipments from July to October 2024 to keep up with the demand.

In February 2025, Eni and TotalEnergies signed a deal to send gas from Cyprus' Cronos gas field to the Damietta LNG terminal to be liquified and sent to Europe.

Proposed Second Train

In 2005, construction of a second train was proposed, which would have added an additional 5.55 million tonnes per year of capacity. It was to be supplied from the Satis gas discovery in the offshore Nile Delta. However, the plan was postponed due to 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.

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