Sheikh Sabah LNG Terminal

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Sheikh Sabah LNG Terminal, also known as Aqaba LNG Terminal, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Terminal, and Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah Terminal, is a proposed LNG import terminal in Jordan.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Sheikh Sabah LNG Terminal	Aqaba, Jordan	29.376271, 34.963801 (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
Sheikh Sabah LNG Terminal	import	proposed	5.48 mtpa	5.48 mtpa	False	Arab Gas Pipeline

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Sheikh Sabah LNG Terminal	import	US$125,000,000	US$125,000,000

Table 4: Financing

Name	Facility type	Financing
Sheikh Sabah LNG Terminal	import	Soft loan from Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development

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
Sheikh Sabah LNG Terminal	import	proposed	2024	–	–	–	–

Ownership

Table 6: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Sheikh Sabah LNG Terminal	import	proposed	–	–	–

Background

In August 2024, Aqaba Development Corporation entered into a $125 million agreement with international companies to enhance and modernize the LNG terminal at Aqaba (Aqaba Jordan FSRU). This modernization, overseen by Sofregaz, was expected to take 22 months. The aim of the project is to replace the existing Aqaba Jordan FSRU with a floating storage unit (FSU) and some onshore regasification and with modifications to the existing facilities. A 10 year charter agreement was signed between the National Electric Power Co of Jordan (NEPCO) and BW LNG for an FSU. An unnamed LNG carrier will be converted into an FSU and is expected to start operations in 2026. The project is financed in part by a soft loan from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development.

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