2024-04-22 06:49:08
Paris, April 22, 2024 – Throughout a go to to Muscat on April 21, Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, met with His Majesty Haïtham bin Tarik al Saïd, Sultan of Oman, and His Excellency Salim bin Nasser Al Aufi, Minister of Power. and Minerals, to reaffirm the long-term partnership between TotalEnergies and the Sultanate of Oman.
On the event of this go to, Patrick Pouyanné and Mulham Basheer Al Jarf, president of OQ, the nationwide oil firm, introduced the ultimate funding resolution (FID) of the Marsa LNG undertaking.
TotalEnergies additionally signed a sale and buy settlement with Oman LNG whereby the Firm will offload 0.8 Mtpa of LNG over ten years beginning in 2025, making it one of many largest patrons of Oman’s LNG manufacturing.
Lastly, TotalEnergies (49%) and OQ Different Power (51%), nationwide renewable vitality champion, confirmed that they’re in very superior talks to collectively develop a portfolio of 800 MW renewable initiatives, together with the 300 MWp photo voltaic undertaking that may gasoline Marsa LNG.
Marsa LNG, an built-in and modern undertaking
By way of their three way partnership Marsa Liquefied Pure Gasoline (“Marsa”), TotalEnergies (80%) and OQ (20%) are launching the built-in Marsa LNG undertaking which incorporates 3 parts:
Upstream gasoline manufacturing: 150 Mcf/d of pure gasoline, from Marsa’s 33.19% stake within the Mabrouk Northeast onshore discipline, in Block 10, which can provide the LNG plant. Gasoline manufacturing from Block 10 started in January 2023 and peaked in April 2024. The FID permits Marsa LNG to increase its rights in Block 10 till they expire in 2050.
Downstream gasoline liquefaction: An LNG liquefaction plant with a capability of 1 Mt/yr might be constructed on the Sohar port. The LNG, whose manufacturing is predicted to start within the first quarter of 2028, is primarily meant to reply to the marine fuels (LNG bunkering) market within the Gulf. Volumes not offered as marine gasoline might be eradicated by TotalEnergies (80%) and OQ (20%).
Photo voltaic electrical energy manufacturing: a photovoltaic photo voltaic park of 300 MWp of energy might be constructed to cowl 100% of the annual vitality consumption of the LNG plant, permitting a major discount in greenhouse gasoline emissions.
A brand new era of LNG crops with very low carbon emissions
The Marsa LNG plant might be 100% electrical powered, powered by photo voltaic electrical energy, making it one of many lowest carbon intensive LNG crops on this planet, with lower than 3 kg CO2e/boe (for reference, the common carbon depth of LNG crops). is round 35 kg CO2e/boe, so this can be a discount of greater than 90% of emissions).
The primary engineering and building (EPC) contracts have been awarded to Technip Energies for the LNG plant and CB&I for the LNG tank with a capability of 165,000 m3.
The Marsa LNG undertaking will generate lasting employment alternatives and important socio-economic advantages for the town of Sohar and the area.
The primary marine LNG middle within the Center East
The Marsa LNG undertaking goals to create the primary LNG bunkering middle within the Center East, offering an obtainable and aggressive various to traditional marine gasoline to scale back emissions from the maritime sector. In comparison with typical gasoline, using LNG as marine gasoline permits a discount:
as much as 23% of greenhouse gasoline emissions,
as much as 85% of nitrogen oxide emissions,
99% of sulfur oxide emissions,
of 99% of superb particle emissions.
“We’re proud to open a brand new chapter in our historical past within the Sultanate of Oman with the launch of the Marsa LNG undertaking alongside our associate OQ, demonstrating our long-term dedication to the nation. “We’re particularly happy to have the ability to implement the 2 pillars of our transition technique, that are LNG and renewable energies, and thus help the Sultanate on a brand new scale within the sustainable improvement of its vitality assets,” declared Patrick Pouyanné, president and director govt. of Complete Energies. “This modern undertaking illustrates our pioneering spirit and demonstrates the relevance of the implementation of our built-in multi-energy technique, with the ambition of being a accountable actor within the vitality transition. By paving the way in which for a brand new era of very low-emission LNG crops, the Marsa LNG undertaking contributes to creating gasoline a long-term transitional vitality. »
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