Overview
- UAE Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei said the country will increase LNG exports to meet surging global demand.
- ADNOC detailed the Ruwais LNG project as two 4.8 mtpa liquefaction trains that will lift its domestic capacity to about 15 mtpa.
- Ruwais is billed as the first LNG export facility in the Middle East and North Africa to run on clean power.
- ADNOC said Ruwais has signed long-term offtake deals, including agreements with Germany and Shell, with commercial operations on track by late 2028.
- QatarEnergy’s Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi projected LNG demand of 600–700 mtpa by 2035 and warned that insufficient new supply could trigger price spikes, with growth led by Asia and power needs from AI data centers.