How was the site for the plant eventually selected?
The initial process to identify the best location to construct a liquefaction plant of natural gas as well as the most appropriate route for the Main Pipeline commenced in 1995. Minimising the likely impact on the environment and local communities played a key factor in the selection of the final location. Given the location of the Marib gas field as the source of the feed gas, the closest seas for the location of the liquefaction plant with export capacity were the Red Sea to the West and the Gulf of Aden to the South. A thorough survey of all potential port sites in Yemen identified Balhaf as the most suitable site for a number of reasons.
