For the first time in 20 years the UK will receive liquefied natural gas from Air Products to supply a new LNG (Liquid Natural Gas) receiving terminal.
The terminal is owned by Grain LNG Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of National Grid Transco, on the Isle of Grain in the Medway Estuary. The terminal is designed to import 3.3 million tonnes of LNG per year as indigenous North Sea production is set to decline.
BP and Sonatrach will supply LNG to the Grain LNG terminal where an Air Products facility will help adjust it to the appropriate UK natural gas specifications.
The terminal is the first of several planned UK LNG import terminals. Air Products have decided to adopt a two-phase approach in order to meet the project schedule.
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