Egypt’s ministry said in a statement that the arrival of the FSRU at Aqaba is part of the energy supply security and regional cooperation enhancement plan.
The arrival of the FSRU enhances Egypt’s capacity to meet domestic demand and provides “major” flexibility in operational plans, it said.
This comes in preparation for connecting the unit to the Arab gas pipeline and initiating the regasification of LNG shipments in alignment with operational needs and load demands on the national gas grid.
“This step reflects the joint and ongoing cooperation between Egypt and Jordan in the energy sector and demonstrates regional integration and mutual benefit from the available infrastructure between both sides,” the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said.
Last year, Egypt and Jordan signed a cooperation deal under which Jordan will import LNG via FSRUs chartered by Egypt over the next two years.
Jordan will import LNG via Egypt until the end of 2026, after which it will use an onshore regasification LNG terminal currently being implemented in Aqaba.
Last month, DET confirmed to LNG Prime that it had sub-chartered Energos Force for deployment in Jordan.
However, the company did not provide further information on contractual details.
Several reports said that the charterer of the unit is Egypt’s state-owned EGAS.
Egypt LNG imports
Earlier this year, Germany’s Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy also signed a deal with EGAS to charter the 174,000-cbm FSRU, Energos Power, one of the FSRUs EGAS chartered to import LNG.
Energos Power is located in Egypt’s Ain Sokhna.
In June, the 160,000-cbm FSRU Energos Eskimo arrived in Egypt from Jordan to serve a charter deal with Egypt’s EGAS as the country seeks to meet its growing demand for natural gas.
EGAS signed a deal with US LNG player New Fortress Energy to charter Energos Eskimo, with a regasification capacity of up to 750 million cubic feet per day, last year.
These two FSRUs joined the 170,000-cbm Hoegh Galleon, which is located at the Sumed port in Ain Sokhna.
Norwegian FSRU player Hoegh Evi also signed a new charter deal with EGAS to deploy a converted FSRU in Egypt.
Hoegh Evi will convert the LNG carrier Hoegh Gandria to a floating storage and regasification unit.
The FSRU Hoegh Gandria will be deployed in the fourth quarter of 2026 to the Port of Sumed and will supply up to 1,000 mmscf/day of peak LNG regasification capacity.
It will replace Hoegh Galleon, which was deployed to Egypt in July 2024, on an interim charter from Australian Industrial Energy (AIE) and Hoegh Evi.
Most recently, EGAS signed a new deal with NFE to charter the 138,350-cbm Energos Winter.
The FSRU will operate at EGAS’ LNG import terminal located at Egypt’s Damietta.
In addition, EGAS signed a charter deal with Turkiye’s Botas to deploy one of Turkiye’s operational FSRUs in Egypt.
This FSRU will work in Egypt for seasonal LNG imports.
