Isle of Grain Grabs Lead In UK LNG Race

摘要

With the UK likely to be 50% dependent on imports to meet growing gas requirements within 10 years, efforts to develop LNG receiving terminals are gaining momentum (WGI Jan.1, p6). Last week, HBritain's gas network owner Nartional Grid Transco (NGT) secured planning consent from Medway Borough Council to convert its existing Isle of Grain terminal, built in 1982 on the Thames estuary 40 kilometers east of central London, into a 3 million ton per year (4.1 billion cubic meter per year) LNG import terminal, for startup in January 2005.