Dubai Plans to Expand LNG Storage Capacity

Dubai will be adding additional capacity to 3 million ton LNG storage facility in Jebel Ali, UAE Energy Minister said Wednesday.

According to Gulf Times, Suhail Mohammad Faraj Al Mazroui, the Energy Minister, said that the capacity will be enhanced to meet UAE’s growing energy demands and diversification targets.

“Dubai will announce [it] once they land on the capacity … but definitely it’s an upgrade from the existing 3 million tonnes,” the newspaper quoted the minister as saying.

It is unclear whether the Minister was speaking about Dubai Supply Authority’s (DUSUP) storage facility within DP World’s Jebel Ali Terminal, Gulf Times reported adding that the minister declined to comment on details, including the size of the additional capacity, when it would be completed, and whether it would be onshore or offshore.

DUSUP had announced last year plan to replace its 3 million ton LNG Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) with a 4.5 million ton capacity offshore unit in April 2015, increasing to 6 million tonnes by the end of 2015.