Bahrain’s LNG terminal for export and import of liquefied natural gas is likely to come up in the coming years.
Abdul Hussain Mirza, Oil and Gas Minister and chairman of National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) said that two studies for the project have already been undertaken and both have been seen by gas units of Shell and Hess as viable.
The kingdom’s gas production is already set to more than double to 2.7 billion cubic feet per day in the next few years, from the present 1.3 billion cubic feet per day, he said.
Mirza said that its neighbour Qatar, Egypt, and Russia could be the source of the super-cooled gas to power its local industries and this will take care of the demands of Bahrain for the next 15 years. He added that the LNG imports’ infrastructure will then be firmly in place and take care of the energy needs then and also act as a back-up.
Bahrain has recently formed Tatweer Petroleum to augment development in its maturing field while kicking off its venture to find gas in Bahrain deeper than the 16,000 feet that has been drilled for the last 78 years.
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