TotalEnergies, OQEP break ground to advance Marsa LNG development

May 1, 2025

First LNG, primarily intended to serve the marine fuel market in the Gulf, is expected in first-quarter 2028.

TotalEnergies Marsa LNG, Oman — TotalEnergies and the national oil company of Oman have broken ground on the Marsa LNG plant in the port of Sohar, northern Oman.

TotalEnergies and OQ broke ground on the low-carbon Marsa LNG plants in Oman.
Marsa LNG will be the first marine LNG bunkering hub in the Middle East, supporting the shipping industry’s energy transition.

TotalEnergies and OQ, the Oman National Oil Company, have broken ground on the Marsa LNG plant in the port of Sohar, northern Oman, one year after the companies took final investment decision (FID) to develop the project (OGJ Online, Apr. 22, 2024; Dec. 21, 2021).

The 1 million tonnes/year (tpy) liquefaction plant is being built by Marsa LNG LLC, a joint venture company of TotalEnergies (80%) and OQ Exploration & Production (20%). First LNG, primarily intended to serve the marine fuel market (LNG bunkering) in the Gulf to reduce emissions in the shipping industry, is expected in first-quarter 2028, the companies said in a joint release May 1.

Low-carbon intensity LNG plant

The Marsa LNG plant will be 100% electrically driven and supplied with solar power from a 300 megawatt-peak (MWp) photovoltaic solar farm positioning the site as one of the lowest GHG emissions intensity LNG plants ever built, with a GHG intensity below 3 kg CO2e/boe of scope 1 and 2 emissions, compared with an average emission intensity of LNG plants of around 35 kg CO2e/boe, according to the companies.

The integrated Marsa LNG project combines natural gas production from onshore Block 10, the 1 million tpy LNG plant, and the dedicated solar plant.