All of the primary capacity at the terminal is fully contracted to our customers BP/Sonatrach, Centrica, Sonatrach, Total, Uniper and Pavilion. The jetty has three 16-inch loading arms and a 16-inch vapour return arm. The National Archives, Ministry of Fuel and Power, BP's proposed expansion; Kent (Isle of Grain) Refinery, POWE 61/38, 1956-1960. 1 and No. The new plant brought the capability of the site to a throughput of 10.5 million tonnes of LNG (about 12% of UK gas demand). Contact sales. [5] The flood displaced some of the pipes on the pipe tracks. Nevertheless, the refinery went on-stream three weeks later in February 1953. the crude distillation column was 140 feet (43 m) high. On a trip to the Isle of Grain at the weekend I noticed a planning notice attached to a lamp post relation to a "rail loading facility" for aviation fuel, at BP's site, next to Thamesport. The H2S absorption towers, hydrofiner, and sulphur recovery plants were commissioned in Autumn 1957. [5] The channel had a volumetric capacity of 16 million gallons (73,000 m3). ENERGY giant BP has broken a pledge to power regulator Ofgem to ship in gas supplies and keep the £500m Isle of Grain storage terminal at full capacity throughout the winter. [3], The post-war refineries changed Britain’s coastal geography: they required large amounts of land and were built in previously rural coastal areas. some of the motor spirit tankage was underground to the north east of the site. Terminal location Tanker size (1,000 dead weight tons) Shell Haven 1,000 Shell 8,900 Shell Haven, Thames Estuary 80 Coryton 300 Mobil 2,400 Coryton, Thames Estuary 53 Isle of Gain 1,300 BP 9,500 Isle of Grain, Medway 50 Kingsnorth – Berry Wiggins 195 Medway Fawley 1,000 Esso 11,500 Southampton Water 100 Llandarcy 900 BP 5,500 Angle Bay 100 This was used as cracker feedstock. [18], The refinery provided local employment opportunities; prior to its construction many people were working on farms at very low wages. Actual information about BP Oil (UK) Ltd of Airline Support Services category. A truck loading facility was commissioned in 2015 to transfer LNG directly to filling stations.[13]. The movement of fuel was now in the opposite direction to that originally designed. David Easton. Vacuum distillation units. The deficit was initially met by importing gas by pipeline from continental Europe and importing LNG. The oil industry was first established on the Isle of Grain in 1908 when, in association with the naval dockyard at Sheerness, the Admiralty constructed an oil storage and ship refuelling depot on the Medway. liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG) were stored in Horton spheres. [5] A second jetty (Jetty No. BP/Sonatrach together are the Shipper that holds the Phase 1 capacity at the Isle of Grain LNG import terminal. 2029/30. Other proposed facilities include a new process plant (compressors and vapourisers) and a second cryogenic line from the jetty area to the Phase 4 process plant. OVERVIEW: Privately-operated facilities comprising Thamesport, Grain LNG and BP Oil aviation fuel terminal. Oil & Gas Terminal Operations. the crude oil tankage was to the north east of the site. [15] A siren is installed in Grain village (north-west of the site) that would be used in the event of an incident occurring at the Grain LNG site that requires the activation of the external emergency plan. [1] Under phase 2, a further 6.5 million tonnes per year of capacity was contracted on a long term basis from December 2008. Regards, Rick Please Login to add a comment! [1] If necessary natural gas can be ballasted with nitrogen to reduce its Wobbe Number; there are two liquid nitrogen plants (owned and operated by Air Products) with a storage capacity of 5,000 tonnes of liquid nitrogen. The gas industry and the regulator Ofgem opened up the UK gas market to competition in 1997. BP's British Merchant liquefied natural gas tanker was expected to arrive at the UK's Isle of Grain terminal on Wednesday from Trinidad, according to AISLive ship tracking data on Reuters. 22 miles (35 km) of roads within the refinery and tank farm complex. [3], Work began in 2002 to convert the facility into a LNG ship import terminal. [12], On 5 April 1955, the site was visited by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. [5][6] Towards the south-east of the site the ground level was increased with six feet (1.83 m) of compacted sand, dredged from the sea. [9] This included a proposed fifth 190,000 m3 storage tank immediately to the east of the Phase 3 tank. The vacuum residue was sent to the Propane Deasphaltng Unit to provide the feedstock for heavy lubricants. Improved the viscosity index and oxidation stability of lubricating oils using a solvent made by steam distillation of wheat husks. To exploit this position National Grid Grain LNG Ltd was formed in 2002 to develop the Isle of Grain site from a peak-shaving plant into a LNG import, storage, and enhanced regasification facility. Oil & Gas Terminals BP. In 2002 the owner of the facility, National Grid, began work to convert the storage facility into an LNG importation terminal. [10], In 1962 a third £3.5m catalytic reformer was built together with a £5m aromatics plant. BP and Sonatrach together are the Shipper that holds the Phase 1 capacity at the Isle of Grain LNG import terminal. [1], The principal processing units and plant installed by 1961 included:[10], By 1961 the cost of the refinery was £88 million. Including management, operator, mechanical, electrical and administrative functions. [1] Gas flows in two pipelines to Shorne, Kent, where there are two connections to the NTS: Grain NTS 1 & Grain NTS 2 (also designated NTS Feeder No.5 and Feeder No. [11], A ship reloading facility was added to the terminal in 2015[12] to enable shippers to take advantage of competitive world prices. In July 2005 a new 1 km long jetty (Jetty No.10) was commissioned on the north bank of the River Medway at the south-east of the site. It was decommissioned in August 1982. [5] A deep-water channel was dredged to allow ships to access the jetties from the Thames Estuary. The new facilities enabled the Grain terminal to become a base supply to the NTS, with the ability to deliver gas continuously when required. All this capacity was contracted out from December 2010. 6.2 mi. Speak to ICIS I was working for BP at this time. In 2005-8 Grain LNG Ltd constructed new facilities for the storage and gasification of LNG. [1] This refinery was expanded both before and after the Second World War, and finally closed in 1977. To exploit this position National Grid Grain LNG Ltd was formed in 2002 to develop the Isle of Grain site from a peak-shaving plant into a LNG import, storage, and enhanced regasification facility. [3] There was a tension between these rural developments and the government policy of supporting industrial development in urban areas where there was high unemployment. LNG is pumped through a 4.5 km cryogenic pipeline system rated at 12,000 m3/h (5,000 tonnes per hour) to the storage tanks located 3.3 km from the jetty. The gas industry and the regulator Ofgem opened up the UK gas market to competition in 1997. There is also a 14-inch recirculation line. As we passed the high security fences of the LNG plant there was no sign of the Anti-Terrorist Police, but it was clear that this part of the Isle of Grain is strictly off limits to the ordinary citizen – just as Grain … [2] The Grain LNG site covers a total area of 600 acres (240 ha). Track access applications and decisions. This capacity entitles BP/SH to use the terminal to berth and unload LNG ships and store LNG, before regasification and nomination of gas for delivery into … Grain LNG is classified as an Upper-Tier site under The Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Regulations 2015. Alkylation unit. Having been a net exporter of gas the UK became a net importer in 2004 as demand exceeded gas production from the UK continental shelf. This capacity entitles BP/SH to use the terminal to berth and unload LNG ships and store LNG, before regasification and nomination of gas for delivery into … 2 Crude distillation units (CDU). The terminal was part of the concrete works site of TransManche Link, the Anglo-French engineering consortium which took over the land formerly occupied by the BP refinery. 33063 and 33050 ''Isle of Grain'' (with TML logo above name) are seen fronting the ''Crompton Constructor'' rail tour. The Grain terminal is now fully booked following our successful Open Season and has no further primary capacity available until circa. Bp Kent Refinery: Hob Uid: 1545825 Location : Medway Medway Isle Of Grain: Grid Ref : TQ8702074860 Summary : A large post-Second World War oil refinery was situated on the Isle of Grain, Kent, constructed as part of the post-war expansion of the oil refinery industry in the United Kingdom.Work began on the site in 1950 for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company which became BP (British Petroleum) in 1954. The Grain terminal receives annually 2 million tonnes of stone by sea from Glensanda. 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