Ruwais LNG Expansion: ADNOC Advances $5 Billion Clean Energy Megaproject Ahead of Schedule

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The Ruwais LNG project in Al Ruwais Industrial City, Abu Dhabi, is progressing ahead of schedule as state energy major ADNOC advances its goal to more than double the UAE’s liquefied natural gas export capacity to 15 million tonnes per annum (mtpa). Designed with two 4.8 mtpa liquefaction trains, the plant will feature electric-driven motors powered by clean nuclear and renewable grid energy, making it the first lower-emissions LNG export facility in the Middle East and North Africa region. The construction phase is actively under way, led by a joint venture including Technip Energies, JGC, and NMDC Energy, alongside a $250–$500 million contract awarded to CB&I to construct two 180,000-cubic-meter full-containment concrete storage tanks. Additionally, ADNOC Gas reached a final investment decision (FID) on its broader Rich Gas Development program, awarding $8.2 billion in contracts, including a $4.3 billion EPC deal to Tecnimont for a new natural gas liquids fractionation train directly at the Ruwais complex.

On the commercial front, the project has heavily de-risked its future revenue streams. ADNOC has allocated over 80% of the plant’s 9.6 mtpa total capacity to long-term sales and purchase agreements with global energy partners, including Shell, TotalEnergies, BP, Mitsui, and Japan’s Inpex. In an integrated portfolio move, ADNOC Gas announced plans to acquire ADNOC’s full stake in the Ruwais project upon completion for roughly $5 billion. To support the project’s export logistics, subsidiary ADNOC Logistics & Services expands its maritime fleet, placing orders for new 175,000-cubic-meter LNG carriers to transport cargoes worldwide. The mega-facility remains on track to begin commercial operations, with the first liquefaction train slated to go online in 2028 and full site completion expected by 2029.

July 21, 2026

The Ruwais LNG project is a low carbon LNG export facility originally planned for Fujairah, UAE, that ADNOC relocated to Al Ruwais Industrial City in 2023. ADNOC Gas reached final investment decision in 2024, awarding a $5.5 billion EPC contract to a Technip Energies led joint venture with JGC Corporation and NMDC Energy for two 9.6 mtpa liquefaction trains.

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Commercial operations remain targeted for 2028, and ADNOC has since signed long term supply deals, including a 15 year agreement making Indian Oil Corporation its largest LNG customer by 2029. The project sits alongside ADNOC’s newly approved Umm Shaif Gas Cap, part of the same broader strategy to grow UAE gas output and exports together.

Project Overview

• Project Name: Ruwais LNG (originally the Fujairah low carbon LNG facility)
• Location: Al Ruwais Industrial City, Al Dhafrah, Abu Dhabi, UAE (relocated from Fujairah in 2023)
• Project Value: $5.5 billion EPC contract, per ADNOC’s 2024 final investment decision
• Client/Owner: ADNOC Gas, on behalf of ADNOC, with Shell, BP, TotalEnergies and Mitsui each holding a 10 percent stake
• Main Contractor: Technip Energies led joint venture with JGC Corporation and NMDC Energy
• Key Components: Two LNG liquefaction trains with a combined export capacity of 9.6 million tonnes per annum
• Procurement Model: EPC contract following FEED work initially carried out by McDermott International
• Expected Completion: Commercial operations targeted for 2028
• Strategic Impact: Expected to more than double ADNOC’s LNG output to 15 million tonnes per annum and become the first LNG export facility in the Middle East and North Africa region to run on clean power

Project Team

• Client/Owner: ADNOC Gas
• Equity Partners: Shell, BP, TotalEnergies, Mitsui & Co.
• Main Contractor: Technip Energies led joint venture with JGC Corporation and NMDC Energy
• Original FEED Contractor: McDermott International
• Customer: Indian Oil Corporation

Reported 18th May 2022: The Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for the low carbon LNG facility in Fujairah, the capital of the emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, will be carried out by McDermott International, a global provider of engineering and construction solutions to the energy industry. 

McDermott was appointed by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), a diversified and integrated group of energy companies.

Features of the low carbon LNG facility in Fujairah

The facility’s export terminal will feature two trains which will have an LNG capacity of million tonnes per annum (MTPA) each. The facility is also likely to feature LNG storage tans accompanied by an export jetty with an additional option of bunkering. 

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ADNOC aims for the low carbon LNG facility in Fujairah to increase its LNG production capacity to an impressive 9.6 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) in an effort and timely response to the ever-growing worldwide demand for natural gas.

One of world’s largest lowest carbon intensity LNG production facility

When the low carbon LNG facility in Fujairah is completed, the plant is projected to be one of the world’s largest lowest carbon intensity LNG production facility.

Through a statement, The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company stated that the facility will incorporate new technologies and it will also run on clean power