Shell lets contract to study Egypt infrastructure carbon reduction

Shell Egypt, EGAS, and Petronas let a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract to a Bechtel-led coalition that includes Enppi and Petrojet to study a proposed unified power system between the onshore gas processing plant of the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt and the Egyptian LNG export terminal (ELNG) in Idku, east of Alexandria.

FEED for the Idku energy hub project will explore benefits of integrating the electrical power systems at the WDDM and ELNG instead of having two separate systems. Synergies could include optimizing the number of running gas turbine generators, modeling the most efficient operating mode for both plants, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and economizing the fuel consumption in the entire hub.

The project is part of a wider program between the coalition and the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources aiming to decarbonize existing oil and gas infrastructure across the country.

Bechtel, Enppi and Petrojet will execute the FEED on a fast-track basis aiming to complete the scope of work this year.