Port Meridian Floating Lng Terminal
Summary Information
- Ownership: Höegh LNG
- Website: www.portmeridian.com (http://www.hoeghlng.com/)
- Location: 35 kilometres offshore of the coastline of Fylde, North West England
- Capacity: 6 million tons/annum
- Status: Planned
Brief Description
- The facility will consist of one or more regasification vessels, two unloading buoys, a large diameter subsea pipeline and onshore facilities connecting the system to the UK National Transmissions system (NTS). The annual import capacity of the project is around 8 billion cubic metres
Technical Details
- Storage capacity: 170,000 m3 * 2
- Unloading capacity:
- Send out capacity:
- Constructor: Hyundai Heavy Industries to build the two new LNG Floating Storage Regasification Units
- Licensor:
Ongoing Projects/Project Status
- A Financial Investment Decision (FID) is expected by year end 2012
- Completion expected in 2015
Suppliers / Customers
- Suppliers:
- Customers: About 50 percent of the terminal's capacity will be sold on a medium-term basis, meaning between 3-5 years
History
- 2008 - Höegh LNG filed a planning application with Barrow Borough council for the onshore installations of the Port Meridian project
- 2009 - Höegh LNG was granted final approvals to go ahead with the Port Meridian Deepwater Port project
- 2011 - LNG vessels ordered from Hyundai Heavy Industries
Other Information
- The terminal will be a merchant operation, renting capacity
Relevant Links
- Höegh LNG has filed a planning application
- Höegh LNG granted final approvals to go ahead with the Port Meridian Deepwater Port project
- Hyundai Heavy Industries to build the world’s first two new LNG Floating Storage Regasification Units (FSRU)
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