Ruwais FSRU
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Ruwais FSRU is an LNG terminal in the United Arab Emirates.
Location
Project Details
- Owner: Excelerate Energy (100%)[1]
- Location: Ruwais, United Arab Emirates
- Coordinates: 24.14836, 52.73879 (exact)[2]
- Capacity: 3.8 mtpa[1]
- Status: Operating
- Type: Import
- Start Year: 2016
Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day
Background
Ruwais FSRU is an LNG terminal in the United Arab Emirates.[3] The first FSRU charted from Excelerate Energy to operate at Ruwais, the FSRU Excelerate, was docked at the port on 4 August 2016.[4] This vessel had been mainly used as an LNG carrier since 2006, and it became the first facility to allow Abu Dhabi to import LNG.[4] The terminal received LNG from Das Island's ADGAS LNG export facility.[4] In 2019, FSRU Excelerate was replaced by another one of Excelerate Energy's vessels, the Express FSRU.[4]
The Ruwais FSRU import terminal adds enough gas to the grid to power a city the size of Fujairah for a day.[5]
In 2012, the United Arab Emirates's natural gas reserves were 212 trillion cubic feet. This made United Arab Emirates the fifth largest gas reserve in the world.[6]
Middle East and LNG imports
The 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 FSRU 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. It was reported in 2017 that even Saudi Arabia is considering LNG imports.[7]
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.[8]
In July 2017 Al Jazeera reported that the United Arab Emirates receives about two billion cubic feet of gas daily from Qatar.[9] In 2022, the United Arab Emirates experienced a decline in LNG imports compared to previous years.[10]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 GIIGNL 2021 Annual Report, accessed May 5, 2021
- ↑ "Ruwais FSRU LNG Terminal UAE - GEO". globalenergyobservatory.org. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
- ↑ Ruwais LNG Terminal, News, accessed April 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Energy Research & Consultancy". www.woodmac.com. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
- ↑ "Ruwais LNG Terminal". Excelerate Energ. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Robert Jordan, "Pearls to petroleum transforms Abu Dhabi," The National, March 9, 2012.
- ↑ Robin M. Mills, "The great gasification wave has passed," LiveMint, August 17, 2017.
- ↑ "2017 World LNG Report" International Gas Union, Accessed June 20, 2017.
- ↑ Susan Kurdli, "The energy factor in the GCC crisis," Al Jazerra, July 28, 2017.
- ↑ "GIIGNL 2023 Annual Report" (PDF). 2023. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
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