Morocco Plans Floating LNG Terminal at Nador Port to Boost Energy Imports

The Ministry of Energy is working to finalize the financing of this project by 2025, which will allow the launch of the construction of the terminal and its commissioning in 2026, explains Abdelghafour El Hadjaoui, an official of the ministry, to Portal Portuario.

The LNG terminal to be built at the port of Nador West Med will be connected to the Moroccan part of the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline through which Morocco imports 500 million cubic meters of LNG from Spain each year. A sufficient quantity to supply two small electricity production plants.

This gas pipeline will also be connected to the gas fields under development in eastern and western Morocco, a country whose natural gas needs, currently 1 Gm3, should reach 8 Gm3 in 2027, according to estimates from the ministry. Nador West Med is a deep-water port under construction. It will have a capacity of 3.5 million containers.