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Shell aims to move the project to FEED stage by early 2023 (Photo: ELNG)

Bechtel-led coalition wins contract to

study eliminating gas flaring at Idku LNG

AFRICA SHELL (UK), the operator of the Egyptian LNG commented Mohamed Elbahnasy, the CEO
(ELNG) plant, has awarded a US-led coalition a of ELNG. “Flare reduction and recovery will
contract for a feasibility study on the decarbon- reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and opti-
isation of its 7.2mn tonne per year (tpy) facility mise fuel consumption and [the] running hours
in Idku. of our rotating equipment, to enhance produc-
Bechtel (US), the leader of the Coalition for tion and reduce operating costs.”
Decarbonisation, said in a statement on Novem- Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral
ber 11 that the parties had signed the contract Resources is supporting the study within the
at a ceremony hosted by Egypt’s Minister of framework of its own wider efforts to work with
Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El the Coalition for Decarbonisation to reduce the
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 estab-
Additionally, it said that the coalition had lish the Coalition for Decarbonisation. The
agreed to fast-track work on the study so that the group was formed to help make technology,
project could move to the front-end engineering financing and expertise available for decarboni-
and design (FEED) stage by early next year. sation projects 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
ing greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions and opti- top strategic goals and priorities: accelerating
mising fuel consumption and running hours of decarbonisation and applying state-of-the-art
the rotating equipment will enhance production technologies and solutions in this domain,” El
and reduce operating cost.” Molla said on November 11. “I am pleased that
“This initiative is an important part of the sector is collaborating with our partners to
ELNG’s continuing efforts to deliver opera- take such initiatives and promote these priori-
tional improvements for our two LNG trains,” ties.” ™

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