BizBahrain November 2016

OBG | Business Report
Bahrain to meet domestic energy
demand with new LNG terminal
Oxford Business Group (OBG)
Central to Bahrain’s plans of both
becoming a gas hub and meeting
rising domestic energy demand is a new
liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and
regasification facility, the Bahrain LNG
Import Terminal.
Announced last year and slated to
come on-line in early 2019, the Bahrain
LNG Import Terminal will be located
in Hidd industrial area on Muharraq
Island and operated by Bahrain LNG
W.L.L Company, a joint venture of
nogaholding, the investment arm of
Bahrain’s National Oil and Gas Authority
(NOGA), and a consortium consisting of
Teekay LNG Partners, Samsung C&T and
the Gulf Investment Corporation.
The facility will comprise a floating
storage unit, offshore receiving
jetty, regasification platform, and an
underwater pipe network linking the
facility to the shore and an associated
onshore receiving facility. It will have
an initial capacity of 400m standard cu
feet per day (scfd) expandable to 800m
scfd.
The Bahrain LNG Import Terminal
will form a vital part of the kingdom’s
energy infrastructure by securing
supply to meet growing demand for
natural gas to fuel large industrial
projects, generate power and water, and
develop enhanced oil recovery. It should
also provide an insurance policy in
case of gas shortages and supplement
domestic gas supplies with gas from
LNG.
Meeting future demand
The recent moves to develop LNG in
Bahrain are expected to go some way
to meet the kingdom’s future energy
needs, along with planned downstream
expansions.
Earlier this year the Bahrain
National Gas Expansion Company
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