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Ruwais LNG marine access and export terminal

ADNOC rendering of the planned Ruwais LNG plant and marine export berth with an LNG carrier alongside

ADNOC; official Ruwais LNG project rendering

NMDC Group's marine package for Ruwais LNG covers about 15 million cubic metres of dredging along a 5-kilometre, 245-metre-wide access channel and the installation of navigation aids. An ADNOC Petroleum Ports Authority notice dated 22 February 2025 put the work into phased, round-the-clock execution and mapped the channel, two offshore disposal sites, environmental buoys and a silt curtain. ADNOC still described the overall LNG project as under development in July 2026.

Project signal

Construction in UAE

Keep the marine access package separate from the USD 5.5 billion LNG plant EPC and from LNG sales agreements. The dredging award and field notice establish scope and execution; neither establishes final channel depth, accepted hydrography, reconciled quantity, disposal close-out, commissioned navigation aids or a berth ready for LNG carrier service.

Current status Ruwais LNG remains under development for 2028 commercial operations; a February 2025 port notice placed the access-channel dredging in phased 24-hour execution, but no final marine acceptance record has been published Source confidence Confirmed

Location

UAE / Middle East

Segment

Deep-water ports and energy terminals

Status

Ruwais LNG remains under development for 2028 commercial operations; a February 2025 port notice placed the access-channel dredging in phased 24-hour execution, but no final marine acceptance record has been published / Confirmed

Evidence reviewed

20 July 2026

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Project anatomy

Scope, counterparties, and execution logic

Client / authority
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
Delivery parties
NMDC Group for marine dredging and navigation aids, Technip Energies, JGC Corporation and NMDC Energy for the separate LNG plant EPC
Contract route
ADNOC awarded NMDC Group a marine dredging contract worth more than USD 200 million in August 2024. The marine package is separate from the approximately USD 5.5 billion plant EPC awarded to the Technip Energies, JGC and NMDC Energy joint venture.
Execution window
The Petroleum Ports Authority notice dated 22 February 2025 described phased dredging operations running 24 hours a day. ADNOC reported in November 2025 that construction, contractor mobilisation and site works were on track for commissioning by the end of 2028, and in July 2026 continued to describe the project as under development with commercial operations scheduled for 2028.
Works package
The published marine contract covers removal of approximately 15 million cubic metres over a 5-kilometre channel with a 245-metre width, plus navigation aids. The port notice adds the field-control picture: an access-channel dredging area, two offshore disposal sites, marker and environmental buoys, a silt curtain and phased 24-hour operations.
Marine interfaces
The access channel, disposal route, environmental controls and navigation aids must connect a new LNG export berth to the existing Ruwais and Jebel Dhanna port environment. That interface links dredger traffic, disposal management, hydrographic control, temporary markers, permanent navigation aids, berth and jetty readiness, port-authority operating controls and the plant's commissioning sequence.
Commercial read
Long-term LNG sales now cover 90% of the planned 9.6 mtpa capacity, but offtake does not demonstrate marine readiness. The project record still needs an accepted channel and berth, commissioned aids to navigation, final disposal and environmental close-out, and operating approval before the 2028 commercial target can be treated as an executable vessel-service date.
Next milestone
Published completion and hydrographic acceptance for the access channel, final dredged quantity and disposal reconciliation, navigation-aid commissioning, berth and jetty handover, and marine operating approval ahead of the first LNG carrier call

Material change register

What changed, when, and what it proves

Only source-bound events that alter phase, scope, counterparties, delivery, completion, commissioning, or acceptance are listed. A change can advance the record without proving the next gate.

ADNOC kept the 2028 commercial target and reported 90% of capacity committed

The latest owner update confirms commercial cover and continued development. It does not report access-channel acceptance, navigation-aid commissioning or berth readiness.

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The Petroleum Ports Authority issued the RLNG dredging operations notice

The notice moved the marine record beyond award by identifying phased 24-hour execution, the access-channel work area, two offshore disposal sites and environmental controls.

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NMDC Group received the marine dredging contract

The award defined an approximately 15 million cubic metre, 5-kilometre channel package worth more than USD 200 million, including navigation aids.

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Delivery watch

Evidence needed next

Published completion and hydrographic acceptance for the access channel, final dredged quantity and disposal reconciliation, navigation-aid commissioning, berth and jetty handover, and marine operating approval ahead of the first LNG carrier call

Decision watchpoints

  • Dredging completion and final reconciled quantity
  • Accepted post-dredge hydrographic survey and channel depth
  • Offshore disposal-site and environmental-monitoring close-out
  • Permanent navigation-aid installation and commissioning
  • Export jetty, berth pocket and mooring-system handover
  • Port-authority marine operating approval
  • Alignment between marine acceptance and plant commissioning
  • First LNG carrier call and start of commercial operations in 2028

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Evidence reviewed 20 July 2026 Sources in this record 7

Source record

NMDC Group defines the marine award value, approximate quantity, channel length and width, and navigation-aid scope. ADNOC Petroleum Ports Authority notice JDR/MN/014/2025 confirms that dredging entered phased 24-hour execution and maps the access-channel area, offshore disposal sites and environmental controls. ADNOC's July 2026 INPEX agreement confirms that Ruwais LNG remains under development, has 90% of planned capacity committed and is scheduled for 2028 commercial operations. Available owner, authority and contractor disclosures do not state final channel depth, accepted hydrographic survey, reconciled quantity, disposal close-out, navigation-aid commissioning or berth acceptance.

Phase: construction. Evidence reviewed: 20 July 2026.

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