Teesside GasPort LNG Terminal

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Teesside GasPort LNG Terminal was a floating liquified natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal located near Middlesbrough in the United Kingdom (UK). It was the first dockside floating LNG terminal in the world when it was commissioned in 2007.

Location

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Project Details

• Owner:
• Parent: Excelerate Energy
• Location: Middlesbrough, UK
• Coordinates: 54.57423, -1.23496 (exact)
• Capacity: 3 mtpa, 0.43 bcfd
• Additional Proposed Capacity: mtpa, 0 bcfd
• Status: Retired
• Type: Import
• Start Year: 2007

Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day

Background

Teesside GasPort LNG Terminal was a dockside floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) located near Middlesbrough, UK. Teeside GasPort was placed in service in February 2007 and, according to project owner Excelerate Energy, was decommissioned in 2015 "after the facility came to the end of its commercially viable life." During its operation, Teesside GasPort was used to regasify imports of LNG for delivery into the National Transmission System (NTS), with a jetty capable of accepting LNG carriers with a capacity up to 150,900 m³. However, it received few shipments during its operating life.

Recommissioning

In February 2017, Trafigura announced it had entered into a long-term lease with landowner and port authority PD Ports and planned to invest US$30 million to recommission the terminal to accept deliveries as early as the summer of 2018.