Country
United Kingdom: LNG infrastructure
United Kingdom has 10 LNG terminals and 40 tracked gas pipelines in the Global Energy Monitor tracker. It is an importer, with 40.1 Mtpa of operating regasification capacity and no operating liquefaction.
Export capacity
—
no export terminal tracked
Import capacity
40.1 Mtpa
8.7 Mtpa under construction
Pipelines
40
16,487 km tracked
Fleet
0
0 flagged, 0 owned from here
Import and export balance
| Direction | Terminals | Operating | Under construction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Export (liquefaction) | 0 | — | — |
| Import (regasification) | 10 | 40.1 | 8.7 |
Figures are whole-terminal capacities in Mtpa, not adjusted for ownership stakes or utilisation.
LNG terminals in United Kingdom
| Import / export | Type | Units | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canatxx LNG TerminalWales | Import | Not reported | Cancelled | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Canvey LNG TerminalEast region | Import | Not reported | Cancelled | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Dragon LNG TerminalWales | Import | Not reported | Operating | 5.6 Mtpa | 2 | 2009 |
| Grain LNG TerminalKent | Import | Not reported | Operating | 14.8 Mtpa | 4 | 2005 |
| Grangemouth FSRUScotland | Import | FSRU | Proposed | 5 Mtpaproposed | 1 | — |
| Mowi LNG TerminalScotland | Import | Not reported | Operating | 0.22 Mtpa | 1 | 2021 |
| Port Meridian FSRUNorth West | Import | FSRU | Cancelled | Not reported | 1 | — |
| South Hook LNG TerminalWales | Import | Not reported | Operating | 19.5 Mtpa | 2 | 2009 |
| Teesside GasPort FSRU | Import | FSRU | Proposed | 4.41 Mtpaproposed | 2 | 2007 |
| Teesside WaveCrest LNG Terminal | Import | Not reported | Proposed | 6 Mtpaproposed | 1 | — |
Gas pipelines crossing United Kingdom
Any pipeline whose country list includes this country, including transit pipelines that only pass through.
| Countries | Segments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alwyn Field–Frigg Field Gas PipelineAlwyn gas field → Frigg gas field | United Kingdom | Operating | 110 km | Not reported | 1 | 1988 |
| Balgzand–Bacton Line Gas PipelineAnna Paulowna → Bacton Gas Terminal | Netherlands, United Kingdom | Operating | 232 km | 16 bcm/y | 1 | 2006 |
| Belfast Gas Transmission PipelineBelfast → Ballylumford | United Kingdom | Operating | 38 km | Not reported | 1 | 1998 |
| Britannia–St. Fergus PipelineBritannia → St. Fergus | United Kingdom | Operating | 185 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Central Area Transmission System (CATS) Gas PipelineCATS Riser Platform → Teesside | United Kingdom | Operating | 404 km | 1.7 bcm/y | 1 | 1993 |
| Clipper To Bacton PipelineClipper Gas Field → Bacton Terminal | United Kingdom | Operating | 73 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Cluden to Brighouse Bay Gas PipelineCluden → Brighouse Bay | United Kingdom | Operating | 81 km | 1.1 bcm/y | 1 | 2002 |
| East of Shetland PipelineSullom Voe Terminal → Magnus Oil and Gas Field | United Kingdom | Operating | 208 km | Not reported | 1 | 2000 |
| Esmond Transmission System PipelineCygnus Gas Field → Bacton Terminal | United Kingdom | Operating | 165 km | Not reported | 1 | 1985 |
| Europipe I Gas PipelineDraupner E platform → Emden | United Kingdom, Germany, Norway | Operating | 620 km | 13 bcm/y | 1 | 1995 |
| Far North Liquids And Associated Gas System (Flags) PipelineStatfjord field → St Fergus Gas Terminal | United Kingdom | Operating | 448 km | 11.9 bcm/y | 1 | 1982 |
| Frigg UK Gas PipelineAlwyn North Field → St. Fergus | United Kingdom | Operating | 362 km | 13 bcm/y | 1 | 1977 |
| Fulmar Gas PipelineNorth Sea → St. Fergus | United Kingdom | Operating | 289 km | 4.4 bcm/y | 1 | 1986 |
| Gas to the West High Pressure PipelinePortadown → Enniskillen | United Kingdom | Operating | 78 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Goldeneye Field–St. Fergus PipelineGoldeneye Field → St. Fergus | United Kingdom | Retired | 102 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Hewett Pipeline SystemHewett gas field → Bacton | United Kingdom | Retired | 185 km | 9.2 bcm/y | 1 | 1972 |
| Langeled Gas PipelineNyhamna → Easington | Norway, United Kingdom | Operating | 1,166 km | 25.5 bcm/y | 1 | 2006 |
| Leman (Perenco) Pipeline A1Leman Complex → Bacton Terminal | United Kingdom | Operating | 62 km | Not reported | 1 | 1968 |
| Leman (Perenco) Pipeline A2Leman Complex → Bacton Terminal | United Kingdom | Operating | 65 km | Not reported | 1 | 1970 |
| Leman (Shell) PipelineLeman Complex → Bacton Terminal | United Kingdom | Operating | 55 km | Not reported | 1 | 1967 |
| Llandarcy-Bacton Gas PipelineLlandarcy → Bacton | United Kingdom | Retired | 462 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Murdoch Field–Theddlethorpe Gas PipelineNorth Sea → Theddlethorpe | United Kingdom | Retired | 180 km | Not reported | 1 | 1993 |
| National Transmission System | United Kingdom | Operating | 7,650 km | Not reported | 1 | 1963 |
| North West Pipeline (NWP)Carrickfergus → Derry | United Kingdom | Operating | 112 km | Not reported | 1 | 2004 |
| Northern Leg Gas PipelineNorthern North Sea → Northern North Sea | United Kingdom, Norway | Operating | 80 km | 3.07 bcm/y | 1 | 1982 |
| Rosebank Gas PipelineNorth Sea → North Sea | United Kingdom | Proposed | 85 km | Not reported | 1 | 2025 |
| Scotland–North Ireland Pipeline (SNIP)Twynholm → Islandmagee | United Kingdom | Operating | 135 km | 31.5 bcm/y | 1 | 1996 |
| Scottish Area Gas Evacuation PipelineCentral North Sea → North Sea | United Kingdom | Operating | 324 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Sean Gas Field–Bacton PipelineSean gas field → Bacton | United Kingdom | Operating | 106 km | Not reported | 1 | 1986 |
| Shearwater and Elgin Area Gas Pipeline | United Kingdom | Operating | 474 km | Not reported | 1 | 1999 |
| Shetland Island Regional Gas Export PipelineShetland Gas Plant → FUKA pipeline at the MCP-01 bypass valves | United Kingdom | Operating | 233 km | 6.8 bcm/y | 1 | 2012 |
| South Wales Gas PipelineMilford Haven → Tirley | United Kingdom | Operating | 317 km | 21.2 bcm/y | 1 | 2007 |
| South-North PipelineGormanston → Ballyclare | United Kingdom, Ireland | Operating | 156 km | Not reported | 1 | 2006 |
| Tampen Link Gas PipelineStatfjord → Far North Liquids And Associated Gas System | Norway, United Kingdom | Operating | 23 km | 9.13 bcm/y | 1 | 2007 |
| Theddlethorpe-Killingholme PipelineEasington → Mablethorpe and Sutton | United Kingdom | Operating | 52 km | Not reported | 1 | 1990 |
| UK-Ireland InterconnectorMoffat → Loughshinny | United Kingdom, Ireland | Operating | 187 km | 6.21 bcm/y | 1 | 1993 |
| UK-Ireland Interconnector 2Moffat → Gormanston | United Kingdom, Ireland | Operating | 195 km | 8.4 bcm/y | 1 | 2002 |
| Vesterled Gas PipelineFrigg gas field → St Fergus | Norway, United Kingdom | Operating | 360 km | 13.5 bcm/y | 1 | 1978 |
| West of Shetland Gas Pipeline SystemFoinaven field → Sullom Voe Terminal | United Kingdom | Operating | 193 km | 1.8 bcm/y | 1 | — |
| Zeebrugge-Bacton Gas PipelineBacton Gas Terminal → Port of Zeebrugge, Bruges | United Kingdom, Belgium | Operating | 235 km | 25.5 bcm/y | 1 | 1998 |
Companies headquartered in United Kingdom
Chokepoint exposure
Chokepoint exposure is shown on each terminal page, taken from a hand-maintained trade-lane table. It is an editorial routing model of typical laden voyages, not vessel tracking. The exposure feed aggregates it by chokepoint.