US EditionTotalEnergies Breaks Ground for Middle East’s First LNG Bunkering Terminal
- TotalEnergies and OQEP broke ground on May 1, 2025, for the Marsa LNG plant at Sohar Port in northern Oman, marking the Middle East's first LNG bunkering hub.
- This event follows the companies’ Final Investment Decision a year earlier and responds to growing demand for cleaner marine fuels at Sohar, a fast-growing port.
- Marsa LNG, owned 80% by TotalEnergies and 20% by OQEP, will produce 1 million tons per year of low-carbon LNG, fully powered by a 300 MW solar farm to supply local bunkering in the Gulf.
- The plant’s carbon intensity will be under 3 kg CO2e/boe, roughly 90% less than average LNG plants, and a new bunkering vessel, Monte Shams, will supply LNG to various ships from 2028.
- This strategic project supports Oman Vision 2040’s sustainability goals, solidifies Oman's LNG hub status, and advances the shipping sector’s energy transition by reducing greenhouse gas emissions locally.
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The CEO of the tricolor group Patrick Pouyanné attended this Thursday the laying of the first stone of this project, intended to supply in fuel the ships that operate at LNG.
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