Wilhelmshaven NWO FSRU

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Wilhelmshaven NWO FSRU is a shelved (inferred 2 y) LNG import terminal in Germany.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Wilhelmshaven NWO FSRU	Wilhelmshaven, Germany	53.516667, 8.133333 (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
Wilhelmshaven NWO FSRU	import	shelved (inferred 2 y)	6.62 mtpa	6.62 mtpa	True	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Wilhelmshaven NWO 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
Wilhelmshaven NWO FSRU	import	shelved (inferred 2 y)	2022	–	–	–	–

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Wilhelmshaven NWO FSRU	import	shelved (inferred 2 y)	Nord West Ölleitung [100%]	BP PLC [42.5%]; Shell PLC [20.4%]; Holburn Europa Raffinerie GmbH [20.3%]; Rosneft PJSC [16.8%]	Nord West Ölleitung

Background

Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and Germany's desire to wean itself off of Russian gas imports, a proposal from Nord West Ölleitung (NWO) to install an FSRU unit with 9 bcm/y capacity at Wilhelmshaven in Lower Saxony emerged as one of three possible LNG import projects at the port complex, along with the Wilhelmshaven FSRU Terminal and the TES Wilhelmshaven LNG Terminal. In March 2022, Lower Saxony's energy minister Olaf Lies referred in speeches and a letter to the federal government to the potential for the Wilhelmshaven NWO FSRU Terminal to be commissioned by autumn 2023. An "LNG Wilhelmshaven" task force, consisting of 30 representatives from local authorities and the port industry, was established by the Lower Saxony state government.

As of July 2026, there have been no updates in over four years, and the project is presumed to be cancelled.

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