Nador FSRU

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Nador FSRU is a proposed LNG import terminal in Morocco.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Nador FSRU	Nador West Med Port, Nador, Morocco	35.254969, -3.1777657 (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
Nador FSRU	import	proposed	–	–	True	Maghred-Europe Gas Pipeline

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Nador 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
Nador FSRU	import	proposed	2024	–	–	–	–

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Nador FSRU	import	proposed	unknown	unknown	–

Background

In early 2024, Morocco announced plans to build the country's first floating LNG import terminal to reduce its reliance on imports coming from Spain and to enhance the country's energy security. The Nador West Med Port, currently in construction, was chosen as the site for the FLNG terminal because of its proximity to Spain and because of its easy connection to the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline. The terminal, which will include a gas pipeline to provide a connection to the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline, will mainly serve to feed ONEE's power stations in Aïn Béni Mathar and Tahaddart. The terminal was announced after representatives of the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Equipment and Water, and the Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development signed a "strategic memorandum of understanding." Several other agencies were also involved in the project.

The plan to built the Nador West Med Port LNG terminal was announced along with plans to build two other regasification facilities, to be completed before 2030. This is in line with the Ministry of Energy's prediction that Morocco's demand for fossil gas will surge to 8 bcm by 2027. The proposed facilities include a terminal built along the Atlantic coast, which will be either built in Jorf Lasfar industrial estate or in Mohammedia, and a platform near the port of Dakhla. The terminal at Nador West is expected to become operational between 2026 and 2027.

Morocco planned to launch a tender for the project during the summer of 2024, according to the Energy Ministry's head of oil and gas.

In April 2025, Energy Minister Leila Benali announced the launch of a call for expressions of interest for the development of the Nador project.

However, shortly after launching tenders for the project, in February 2026, Morocco's Energy Ministry announced it would suspend the reception of applications for the LNG terminal and related gas pipelines project in Nador West Med, citing "new parameters and assumptions" related to their development. The Ministry said it would be "postponing the receipt of applications and the opening of bids" and did not provide further details on the reasons for the project's suspension.

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