Teesside GasPort®

  • Excelsior arriving at Teesside GasPort.
  • Teesside GasPort was the UK’s first floating LNG import facility.
  • Teesside GasPort, World’s First GasPort

Location: Middlesbrough, UK
Date: Commissioned February 2007
Owner: Excelerate Energy

Background

Teesside GasPort (TGP) is the world’s first dockside LNG vaporization and natural gas receiving facility. It is located near Middlesbrough in the United Kingdom. Placed in service in February 2007, TGP delivers natural gas into the country’s National Transmission System and provides access to National Balancing Point markets. TGP incorporates a jetty-mounted articulated gas-offloading arm and utilizes Excelerate’s Energy Bridge® brand proprietary regasification technology.

Solution

TGP utilizes one of our dockside facility designs and employs our proprietary Energy Bridge floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in conjunction with an articulated high-pressure gas-offloading arm.

Upon delivery of cargo, our FSRU moors at the jetty to regasify LNG onboard and deliver high-pressure natural gas ashore via an integrated mid-ship gas manifold connected to Excelerate’s HP gas arm. TGP can initially accommodate deliveries at a baseload rate of up to 400 MMcf/d, with peak rates of up to 600 MMcf/d. With on-site nitrogen blending facilities, TGP can accommodate virtually any quality of LNG delivered and still meet stringent National Transmission System standards.

Results

As an example of the flexibility and speed our GasPort technology offers, TGP was brought into service within 12 months of site selection and at a cost that is roughly 10% of a conventional land-based LNG terminal.

Key Facts

  • Second operational LNG receiving facility in the United Kingdom
    • Site selection to in-service date in 12 months
    • Low capital cost, high flexibility asset for LNG imports
  • Ability to handle peak imports of up to 600 MMcf/d of natural gas
  • High-pressure gas arm incorporated in design
    • Accommodates ship motions and incorporates “quick release”
    • Allows direct discharge from our Energy Bridge FSRU high-pressure gas manifold
  • Nitrogen blending with the capability to deliver up to 5% N2
  • Dedicated jetty capable of accommodating up to 150,900 m3 EBRVs