Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) has awarded local contracting enterprise NMDC Group a contract valued at over $200m for the upcoming liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi.

The scope of work on the contract covers dredging operations, involving the removal of approximately 15 million cubic metres of material across a 5-kilometre channel with a width of 245 metres.

NMDC Group will also install navigational aids, ensuring safe maritime access to the new LNG facility, it said in a statement.

Ruwais LNG terminal project

The upcoming LNG export terminal in Ruwais will have the capacity to produce about 9.6 million tonnes a year (t/y) of LNG from two processing trains, each with a capacity of 4.8 million t/y. When the project is commissioned, Adnoc’s LNG production capacity will more than double to about 15 million t/y.

Adnoc awarded the full engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract and achieved the final investment decision for the LNG terminal complex in June.

A consortium of France’s Technip Energies, Japan-based JGC Corporation and Abu Dhabi-owned NMDC Energy, a subsidiary of NMDC Group, was awarded the EPC contract, worth $5.5bn, Adnoc announced on 12 June. In March, Adnoc issued a limited notice to proceed to the consortium of contractors led by Technip Energies for early EPC works on the Ruwais LNG terminal project.

The complex will feature process units, storage tanks and an export jetty for loading cargoes and LNG bunkering, as well as utilities, flare handling systems and associated buildings.

The planned LNG facility will run on electric-powered rotary equipment and compressors instead of gas-fired units. Adnoc awarded a $400m contract in October 2023 to US-based Baker Hughes for the supply of all-electric compression systems for the project. The LNG trains will run on energy-efficient Baker Hughes technology, including compressors driven by 75MW electric motors.

Separately, Adnoc has also signed agreements with international energy companies to divest a total stake of 40% in the Ruwais LNG project.

UK energy producer BP, Mitsui & Co, Shell and French energy producer TotalEnergies will hold 10% stakes each in the Ruwais LNG terminal project, with Adnoc retaining the majority 60% stake in the facility.