Jebel Ali FLNG Terminal
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Jebel Ali FLNG Terminal, also known as Dubai FLNG Terminal and DUSUP FSRU, is an operating LNG import terminal in United Arab Emirates.
Location
Table 1: Location details
| Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Jebel Ali FLNG Terminal | Jebel Ali port, Dubai, United Arab Emirates[1] | 25.03103, 55.0667 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the terminal:
Project Details
Table 2: Infrastructure details
| Name | Facility type | Status | Capacity | Total terminal capacity | Offshore | Associated infrastructure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jebel Ali FLNG Terminal | import[2] | operating[2][3] | 6 mtpa[4][3] | 6.0 mtpa | True | – |
Table 3: Cost
| Name | Facility type | Cost | Total known terminal costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jebel Ali FLNG Terminal | import[2] | – | – |
Financing
No financing data available.
Table 4: Project timeline
| Name | Facility type | Status | Proposal year | FID year | Construction year | Operating year | Inactive year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jebel Ali FLNG Terminal | import[2] | operating[2][3] | – | – | – | 2010[2][3] | – |
Ownership
Table 5: Ownership
| Name | Facility type | Status | Owners | Parent companies | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jebel Ali FLNG Terminal | import[2] | operating[2][3] | DUSUP [100%][5] | DUSUP [100.0%] | DUSUP[4][5] |
Table 6: Vessel ownership
| Name | Facility type | Status | Vessel | Vessel owners | Vessel operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jebel Ali FLNG Terminal | import[2] | operating[2][3] | FSRU Explorer[4] | Excelerate Energy[4] | Excelerate Energy[4] |
Background
Jebel Ali FLNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in the United Arab Emirates.[6] It is located in Jebel Ali port, the region’s major shipment center and in a free trade zones.[7]
Dubai Supply Authority (DUSUP) completed the construction of an LNG import terminal in Jebel Ali port in 2010.[8] The Jebel Ali port terminal allows the import of LNG via a Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU) that is permanently docked at the terminal.[8] This FSRU, also known as the Explorer FSRU, was built in 2008 by Excelerate Energy to be one of the most efficient FSRUs in the world.[9]
The vessel was chartered to DUSUP in 2010 to operate at the Jebel Ali Terminal.[9] In 2015, the Explorer was updated and enhanced to expand its capacity in order to meet Dubai's increasing energy demands.[9] After the updates, which included adding a bunker port to the vessel, the Explorer achieved the highest send-out rate of any FSRU in the world.[10]
In 2023, the Explorer's charter was extended for a period of five additional years, beginning on the fourth quarter of 2025.[11]
In 2012, the United Arab Emirates' gas reserves were 212 trillion cubic feet. However, as of 2022, the country's gas reserves were calculated to be around 289 trillion cubic feet[12], placing the country at number 9 in the list of the top 10 countries with the largest gas reserves in the world.[13] In July 2017, Al Jazeera reported that the United Arab Emirates received about two billion cubic feet of gas daily from Qatar.[14] According to the International Gas Union’s World LNG 2017 report, UAE was the 12th largest LNG exporter by share between 2015 and 2016. In 2017, the country exported about 5.6 million tons a year.[15] In 2021, the UAE exported around 8.8 billion cubic meters of LNG, accounting for about 1.7% of world LNG exports.[16] The country's aim is to increase LNG production to around 15 million tonnes annually.[16]
Middle East and LNG imports
United Arab Emirates is not the only country rich with gas reserves in the Middle East to import gas. Countries in one the most gas rich regions import LNG by tanker. They include Mina Al-Ahmadi LNG Terminal in Kuwait in 2009, Jebel Ali FLNG Terminal in Dubai in 2010, Hadera LNG Terminal in Israel in 2013, Jordan through Aqaba Jordan LNG Terminal in 2015, Ruwais LNG Terminal in Abu Dhabi in 2016. The city of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates plan to import LNG in 2018. Bahrain plans to import LNG through its Bahrain Hidd FLNG Terminal in 2019. Even Saudi Arabia has recently considered LNG imports.[17]
The United Arab Emirates joined Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the Maldives Bahrain and Egypt in cutting off diplomatic ties and air, sea vessels, and land transportation links with Qatar in June 2017. They charged the gas-rich Qatar of supporting political extremist groups. The United Arab Emirates depends on imported gas to generate half its electricity. The country did not shut down the Dolphin Energy pipeline supplying gas from Qatar.[18]
United Arab Emirates ports, including Jebel Ali, home of the Jebel Ali FLNG and the region’s largest container terminal, were prohibiting all vessels traveling to, or from, Qatar. A vessel carrying LNG to Dubai’s Jebel Ali port to deliver fuel under contract despite the ban on Qatari vessels. A tanker named Maran Gas Amphipolis moored in June 2017 originally listed Kuwait’s Mina Al-Ahmadi LNG Terminal as the destination.[18]
In July 2017 Al Jazeera reported that the United Arab Emirates received about two billion cubic feet of gas daily from Qatar.[19] According to the International Gas Union’s World LNG 2017 report, UAE was the 12th largest LNG exporter by share between 2015 and 2016. The country exports about 5.6 million tons a year.[20]
In August 2017 a Qatar shipping company, Milaha Maritime and Logistics, moved its hub from UAE to Oman. Blockading countries, led by Saudi Arabia, had denied Qatar access to their ports. Normally Qatar LNG stopped at the UAE’s Jebel Ali FLNG Terminal, Dubai, or in Abu Dhabi. The LNG then smaller boats in route to Doha, Qatar. Jebel Ali was difficult for Qatar to access during the blockade. Oman announced its desire to take Qatar's LNG through its port and it has remained neutral in the Saudi-led blockade. This move to Oman threatens Dubai’s status as a regional financial hub.[21]
Industry analysts think believe that both Kuwait's Mina Al-Ahmadi LNG Terminal and Oman will financially benefit from LNG trade transactions that used to take place in the UAE. Qatar Petroleum chief told Al Jazeera on July 2017 that at 7 million tons a year his country was the world's biggest LNG exporter.[21]
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/place/DUSUP+FSRU/@25.030667,55.0504544,4147m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m7!3m6!1s0x3e5f13c6922f5107:0x9d49c68ed09a54a3!8m2!3d25.0306682!4d55.0669339!15sChJqZWJlbCBhbGkgbWFwcyBsbmeSAQtnYXNfY29tcGFueeABAA!16s%2Fg%2F1tdh6y4v?entry=tts&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDYxOS4xKgBIAVAD.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 https://excelerateenergy.com/projects/jebel-ali-lng-import-terminal/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 (PDF) https://giignl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GIIGNL-2025-Annual-Report-1-1.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 (PDF) https://giignl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GIIGNL-2024-Annual-Report-1.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.dusup.ae/our-business/lng/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Jebel Ali FLNG Terminal, A Barrel Full, accessed April 2017
- ↑ Reuters Staff, "Qatar shipper Milaha plans base in Oman after trade hit by diplomatic rift,"Reuters, August 7, 2017.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named:1 - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Jebel Ali LNG Import Terminal". Excelerate Energy. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Excelerate Claims LNG Bunkering World First for FSRU at Jebel Ali". Ship & Bunker. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- ↑ Adis Ajdin (2023-03-02). "Excelerate Energy extends FSRU charter in Dubai - Splash247". Splash247. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- ↑ "FEATURE: ADNOC's new Fujairah LNG project seeks to capitalize on global thirst for energy". Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- ↑ "Natural Gas by Country 2023". World Population Review. 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Susan Kurdli. "The energy factor in the GCC crisis". Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- ↑ "2017 World LNG Report" (PDF). International Gas Union. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 16.0 16.1 AFP - Agence France Presse. "UAE's ADNOC Signs $1 Bn LNG Deal With TotalEnergies". Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- ↑ Robin M. Mills, "The great gasification wave has passed," LiveMint, August 17, 2017.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Anthony Dipaola, "The U.A.E. Needs Qatar’s Gas to Keep Dubai’s Lights On," Bloomberg, June 7, 2017.
- ↑ Susan Kurdli, "The energy factor in the GCC crisis," Al Jazerra, July 28, 2017.
- ↑ "2017 World LNG Report" International Gas Union, Accessed June 20, 2017.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Qatar shipping company moves hub from UAE to Oman," Hellenic Shipping News, August 11, 2017.
