SOUTH Hook, Europe’s largest LNG terminal, has successfully completed its commissioning of phase one and is now commercially operational, the company announced on Tuesday.
Construction of the terminal is in two phases, with phase one having now started commercial operation. Phase two will be completed by the first quarter of 2010.
When fully commissioned, the terminal will have a total processing capacity of 15.6m tonnes per annum of LNG and be capable of delivering up to 21 billion cubic metres per annum of gas into the national transmission system.
That is around 20% of the total current UK gas demand.
A spokesman for the company said: “As part of the world’s largest LNG value chain, the Qatargas 2 project is of major significance for the UK.
“The South Hook terminal’s ability to import LNG is important to the UK’s long-term energy policy and now provides the country with a western entry into the national grid system.”
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