Walvis Bay LNG Terminal

Part of the Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, a Global Energy Monitor project.

Download full dataset

Report an error

Related categories:

Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker Global Oil Infrastructure Tracker Gas and Hydrogen Pipelines LNG Terminals Oil and NGL Pipelines

Walvis Bay LNG Terminal, aka Walvis GasPort, was a proposed LNG terminal in Walvis Bay, Namibia. There have been no development updates since 2015 and the project is presumed to be cancelled.

Location

Loading map...

{"type":"HYBRID","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"400px","height":"300px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":15,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":-22.957199,"lon":14.484443,"icon":""}]}

Project Details

• FSRU Owner: Excelerate Energy
• Location: Walvis Bay, Namibia
• Coordinates: -22.957199, 14.484443 (approximate)
• Capacity: 0.01 mtpa
• Status: Cancelled
• Type: Import and export
• Start Year: 2019
• Associated Infrastructure: Nathaniel Maxuilili Power Plant

Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day

Description

The LNG terminal planned to include an FSU, a regasification facility, and a 12.7km gas pipeline from the port to the proposed Nathaniel Maxuilili Power Plant. It would have handled both imports and exports. The project was originally planned to be operational by mid-2019. There were no development updates after 2015.

In November 2024, Reuters reported that Namibia had encountered an unexpectedly high percentage of gas in offshore oil fields. As a result, the country was in talks with operators to "agree on a single plan with common infrastructure" for the gas infrastructure. The plan involved revamping the gas-fired power plant idea, with significant upscaling to handle the large amount of gas found offshore.

This update indicates the original proposal is cancelled, with a potential new proposal in the works.