{"id":100642,"date":"2024-03-13T21:19:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T20:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/?p=100642"},"modified":"2024-03-13T20:21:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T19:21:32","slug":"algerias-sonatrach-says-new-skikda-jetty-gets-first-large-lng-carrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/algerias-sonatrach-says-new-skikda-jetty-gets-first-large-lng-carrier\/","title":{"rendered":"Algeria\u2019s Sonatrach says new Skikda jetty gets first large LNG carrier"},"content":{"rendered":"
Algeria\u2019s Sonatrach has received the first large liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier at the new jetty in Skikda.<\/strong><\/p>\n According to a statement by Sonatrach, the 2017-built 171,800-cbm, Ougarta, owned by Sonatrach\u2019s unit Hyproc Shipping, docked at the new \u201cM3\u201d jetty in Skikda on March 9.<\/p>\n The firm conducted high-level tests to ensure that the Skikda port is ready to receive ships efficiently and safely after the expansion of the port.<\/p>\n This achievement reflects Sonatrach\u2019s keenness to increase the loading and unloading capacities at the port of Skikda, it said.<\/p>\n Back in 2019, Sonatrach awarded a contract to China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) to build the LNG jetty to optimize the Skikda LNG complex\u2019s production and allow the loading of large-capacity LNG carriers with a capacity of up to 220,000 cbm.<\/p>\n Besides the new jetty, Sonatrach\u00a0awarded\u00a0<\/a>a contract in February 2022 to units of China\u2019s state-controlled giant Sinopec to build one storage tank at its 4.5 mtpa Skikda LNG export plant.<\/p>\n Under this deal, the Chinese group built a new LNG storage tank with a nominal capacity of 150,000 cbm at the Skikda GL1K liquefaction complex.<\/p>\n Prior to this, the contractor dismantled two existing tanks.<\/p>\n The deal also included the supply and installation of equipment for the connection of the storage tank to the LNG loading system of the new Skikda jetty.<\/p>\n Algeria became the world\u2019s first LNG producer in 1964 when Sonatrach\u2019s Arzew facility came online.<\/p>\n The Arzew facility has in total three trains and they have a total capacity of about 20.8 mtpa, but the plant has been operating below its capacity.<\/p>\n Last year, Sontrach\u00a0extended\u00a0<\/a>its LNG supply deal with France\u2019s TotalEnergies for 2 mtpa.<\/p>\n In addition, the company also\u00a0extended<\/a>\u00a0its LNG supply deal with Turkey\u2019s Botas for about 3.2 mtpa.<\/p>\n