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Projects
The Egyptian LNG (ELNG) complex Bechtel delivered transformed Egypt’s energy landscape. It enabled commercialization of offshore Nile Delta gas and established a large-scale LNG export capability for the country.
Today, ELNG has the capacity to produce 7.2 million tons of LNG per year for shipment to markets in North America and Europe.
In 2001, Bechtel helped ELNG prepare a fast-track development proposal to the Egyptian government and ELNG Shareholders for the liquification of processed natural gas resources discovered in offshore gas fields in the West Delta Deep Marine Concession area, 120km northeast of Alexandria.
Bechtel subsequently became involved at the feasibility stage, with the project team delivering a conceptual integration study.
Just a year later, this was followed by pre-FEED and front-end engineering design (FEED) studies for ELNG Train 1 and its associated storage tank. Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) activities subsequently commenced following the Final Investment Decision (FID) for Train 1, with Train 2 reaching FID less than a year later.
In 2005, Bechtel completed delivery of Trains 1 and 2, as well as two tanks scope, of the grassroots (entirely new) LNG complex. The plant, located at Idku on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, 50km east of Alexandria, includes common facilities such as storage tanks, a loading jetty and utilities. It applies the ConocoPhillips Optimized Cascade™ liquefaction process.
First LNG was delivered from Train 1 in 2005, over three months ahead of an already ambitious schedule. Train 2 was completed and turned over to the client nearly nine months ahead of schedule due to Bechtel’s ability to capitalize on the synergies of replicating Train 1
More than 11,000 employees, of whom over 10,000 were local hires, received training through the project’s safety program
The project worked more than 7.4 million job-hours without a lost time incident – better than any other previous construction project in Egypt
Bechtel has had a technical services agreement (TSA) in place with ELNG since 2013 to provide engineering and procurement services for the project.
Under this agreement, we have provided ongoing engineering support to the ELNG facility and expect to continue doing so in the future. We delivered various brownfield scopes of work, including:
In 2022 and following the contract signing ceremony in COP 27, Bechtel executed a feasibility study on zero routine flaring. The study assessed options for total routine flaring recovery through modifications to the existing flare and compression systems at the ELNG facility.
The study aligns with the goals of theBechtel-led Coalition for Decarbonization & Energy Efficiency in Egypt, a coalition of companies that aim to deliver a program to decarbonize and improve energy efficiencies in existing onshore oil and gas facilities across Egypt by proposing facility modifications that provide meaningful emissions reduction, energy efficiency, and operating cost savings.
Bechtel developed an economically viable six-year master plan to decarbonize and improve energy efficiencies of onshore facilities across the country to be executed by clusters to effectively progress the modification implementation for gas plants, LNG plants, refineries and petrochemicals facilities.
Bechtel is also supporting the Ministry of Petroleum’s Program to decarbonize existing onshore facilities in Egypt, by delivering initial studies as well as EPC.
The ELNG project is just one of many Bechtel has delivered in Egypt since 1976. For 50 years, Bechtel has helped build the energy infrastructure that powers Egypt, from the SUMED pipeline and Zeit Bay oil fields to power plants like Sidi Krir and Cairo North. Today, it supports refinery upgrades and the Ministry of Petroleum’s decarbonization program for existing onshore facilities.
