Application due for Teesside LNG plant

Jan. 4, 2006
ConocoPhillips Petroleum UK Ltd. will submit an application on behalf of Norsea Pipeline Ltd. for planning permission for an LNG regasification facility and combined heat and power plant on the site of Norsea's Teesside, UK, oil terminal.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Jan. 4 -- ConocoPhillips Petroleum UK Ltd. will submit an application on behalf of Norsea Pipeline Ltd. for planning permission for an LNG regasification facility and combined heat and power plant on the site of Norsea's Teesside, UK, oil terminal.

ConocoPhillips is a Norsea Pipeline shareholder. Others are Total SA, Statoil ASA , Eni SPA, and Norsk Hydro AS.

ConocoPhillips expects planning permission to be complete by the middle of 2007. Subject to a final investment decision and official approvals, the facilities could be in operation within 3-4 years.