Project Profile
Value: US$120 million
Location: Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ), South of Aqaba city around 20km from the city centre, Jordan
Capacity: 120,000 cubic metres of oil and gas products
Start-up Year: -
ADC jointly with Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MERE) intends to implement the new LNG Terminal at South of Aqaba city around 20km from the city centre adjacent to the existing Oil Terminal, the concept of the project is to receive a floating storage regasification unite (FSRU) and then to tie-in the natural gas with the existing Jordan Gas Transmission Pipeline (JGTP) the project consists of: A single berth jetty will be designed for berthing the FSRU and unloading gas from it. LNG transfer is by ship-to-ship, by hydraulic arms fitted to the FSRU. The marine structure will be berthing and mooring dolphins, with related onshore Works to enable safe operations and tie-in with the existing JGTP.
In May 2012, Jordan Ministry of Energy and Mineral resources published the call for tender of the Aqaba Oil Terminal. The Jordan Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources proceeded to the pre-qualification of the contractors for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the greenfield oil terminal. To be integrated in the large industrial area to be accommodated at the Red Sea port of Aqaba, the Aqaba Oil Terminal project (AOT) should have a storage capacity of 120,000 cubic metres of oil and gas products. According to the call for tender the project EPC contract included:
- Six floating roof steel tanks
- 28-inches pipeline to connect the jetty to the Aqaba oil Terminal
- Booster pumps station to transfer the imported crude oil and oil products to the actual storage area
- Pipelines to link the new AOT to the actual storage area.
- Road tankers loading station
- Waste water treatment station
- Fire fighting and cooling water system
- Electrical power and distribution system
- Instrumentation, control system and safety system, emergency shutdown system
- Offsites and Utilities
All the interested engineering companies submitted their application before June 21st, 2012. Following this application, Jordan Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources pre-qualified 13 engineering companies. For the next step, these pre-qualified engineering companies were given the new deadline of November 8th 2012, to submit their technical and commercial offer to the Jordan Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. In order to prequalify, an international company was required to engage a local Jordanian contracting firm, either in the form a Joint Venture or as Main Subcontractor. The local partner participation was set at a minimum of 25% of the value of the contract. The local partner or subcontractor had to participate exclusively with one international firm. The capital expenditure for this project should exceed US$120 million. Next to this Aqaba Oil Terminal project, Jordan is planning to build in this industrial area of the Red Sea port of Aqaba, an offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal.
For the Aqaba LNG Terminal, Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC) awarded BAM International a design and construction contract to build the Aqaba LNG Terminal, 18 kilometres south of Aqaba. The contract value is approximately US$63.5 million. The contract includes the design and construction of an LNG jetty with approach trestle, including the mechanical, engineering and piping services. BAM International and its local joint venture partner MAG Engineering & Contracting Co. will complete this project in 15 months. The civil works are designed by BAM’s engineering company DMC. Tractebel Engineering of GDF SUEZ Group won a contract for site selection and feasibility study for a FSRU installation.
Completed: June 3, 2014
Operator:
Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC) with Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MERE): Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
AECOM
BETA: Install and upgrade oil-pump capacity
BAM International: EPC contract including design and construction of an LNG jetty
DMC (BAM’s engineering company): Civil works design
MAG Engineering & Contracting Co.: EPC contract
Tractebel Engineering (GDF SUEZ Group): Site selection and feasibility study for a FSRU installation
Subcontractors:
SYSCOM 18 SRL: Supplier for process control and metering systems
Comercial Gasso: Supplier for process control and metering systems