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Bechtel-led coalition awarded

contract for study on eliminating

gas flaring at Idku LNG plant

LNG PLANTS SHELL (UK), the operator of the Egyptian LNG commented Mohamed Elbahnasy, the CEO of
(ELNG) plant, has awarded a US-led coalition a ELNG. “Flare reduction and recovery will reduce
contract for a feasibility study on the decarbon- our greenhouse gas emissions and optimise fuel
isation of its 7.2mn tonne per year (tpy) facility consumption and [the] running hours of our
in Idku. rotating equipment, to enhance production and
Bechtel (US), the leader of the Coalition reduce operating costs.”
for Decarbonisation, said in a statement on Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral
November 11 that the parties had signed the Resources is supporting the study within the
contract at a ceremony hosted by Egypt’s Min- framework of its own wider efforts to work with
ister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek the Coalition for Decarbonisation to reduce the
El Molla. The signing ceremony was one of the emissions intensity of the country’s oil and gas
Decarbonisation Day events marked during the industry and to implement the government’s
COP27 international climate summit in Sharm climate strategy, Bechtel said. It also noted that
El Sheikh, Egypt, it noted. Egypt’s LNG sector was expected to make a
The statement did not reveal the monetary significant contribution to European energy
value of the contract. However, it explained that security under a trilateral memorandum of
the Coalition for Decarbonisation had been understanding (MoU) signed between the EU,
tasked with studying options for completely Egypt and Israel earlier this year.
eliminating all routine gas flaring at the ELNG Bechtel joined forces with several other
facility through modifications to existing flare organisations – the National Bank of Egypt, the
and compression systems. The goal of the study state-controlled Egyptian oilfield service pro-
is to develop a plan for reducing methane emis- viders (OSPs) Enppi and Petrojet, the US-based
sions from the plant, in line with the Methane OSP Baker Hughes, the US-based industrial
Global Pledge signed by Egyptian President conglomerate GE and the UK-based financial
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in June 2022, it said. services firm HSBC – earlier this year to establish
Additionally, it said that the coalition had the Coalition for Decarbonisation. The group
agreed to fast-track work on the study so that the was formed to help make technology, financing
project could move to the front-end engineering and expertise available for decarbonisation pro-
and design (FEED) stage by early next year. jects in Egypt.
“The project is a testimony to the operational “I am so proud that Egypt’s oil and gas sec-
excellence of the ELNG plant,” it added. “Reduc- tor is contributing significantly to achieving top
ing greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions and opti- strategic goals and priorities: accelerating decar-
mising fuel consumption and running hours of bonisation and applying state-of-the-art tech-
the rotating equipment will enhance production nologies and solutions in this domain,” El Molla
and reduce operating cost.” said on November 11. “I am pleased that the
“This initiative is an important part of sector is collaborating with our partners to take
ELNG’s continuing efforts to deliver opera- such initiatives and promote these priorities.”™
tional improvements for our two LNG trains,”

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