Operation
It consists of five gas terminals, taking gas from the Southern North Sea (SNS). From there, they connect to the National Transmission System or to Belgium via the Interconnector and to the Netherlands via the BBL Pipeline. The gas terminals are run by Royal Dutch Shell, ExxonMobil, Perenco (which took over the BP operations) and ENI (which took over the Tullow Oil operations). Tullow had begun operations in 2003.
The five terminals are
- Hewett - formerly ConocoPhillips, then Tullow Oil from 2003, then Eni since December 2008
- Thames - formerly Tullow and now Eni since December 2008
- LAPS - Perenco
- Leman - Shell
- NTS - National Grid
Initial gas processing takes place on the gas rigs, where the gas is received with a slugcatcher, dehydrated using triethylene glycol then compressed. Sour gas (sulphurous) had previously been removed by amine gas treating, but not presently. Gas enters the NTS at around 1000 psig. Condensate is removed and piped by the British Pipeline Agency to the North Walsham rail terminal.
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