Warren R. True
Chief Technology Editor-LNG/Gas Processing
HOUSTON, Apr. 7 -- The South Hook LNG terminal at Milford Haven, South West Wales, has completed commissioning its second and final phase.
The event brings the terminal to full processing capacity of 15.6 million tonnes/year and full sendout capacity into the UK National Transmission System of 21 billion cu m/year (about 2 bcfd). The terminal received its first cargo in March 2009 (OGJ Online, Mar. 23, 2009).
Operator South Hook LNG Terminal Co. Ltd. calls the terminal Europe’s largest. It is a part of the supply chain of the Qatargas 2 integrated value chain, which begins with liquefaction at Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar, fed by 30 wells and three platforms in Qatar's North field. Gas is liquefied in Trains 4 and 5 at Ras Laffan, loaded onto specially built LNG carriers, and shipped to the South Hook terminal.
South Hook LNG is jointly owned by Qatar Petroleum LNG Services Ltd. (67.5%), ExxonMobil Corp. (24.15%), and Total SA (8.35%).
Also at Milford Haven is the 4.4 million cu m/day Dragon LNG terminal jointly owned by BG Group (50%), Petronas (30%), and 4Gas (20%), Rotterdam. It started up in second-half 2009 (OGJ Online, Sept. 2, 2009) with sendout capacity of 1.2 million cu m/hr (about 1 bcfd).
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