Isle of Grain LNG

Outline
•History

•Recent Development

•Current Process

•Current Development
 History
•Early 20th Century

•WWII

•1980’s
Oil Refinery
 History
•Early 20th Century

•WWII

•1980’s
 1980’s

While abandoned, lots of

wildlife moved in, for example:

• Water voles
• Lizards
• Grass snakes
• Adders
Recent Development
•Around 2001/2002 it became an LNG
Storage Plant.

•LNG - Liquefied Natural Gas

•Due to predicted exhaustion of North

Sea supplies
 Current Processes
•Ships

•System

•On-site
Ships
River Thames

North
Sea

Medway Estuary
 System
•Piped off ships in liquid form and then
stored in tanks.

•To connect to national supply, the gas

must be vaporised.

•Pipes are run through a water bath and

the vapours are collected.
 On-site
•Old Storage Tanks

•Flood Defences

•Concrete Batching Plant

•Nitrogen Generation Plant

Old Storage Tanks
 On-site
•Old Storage Tanks

•Flood Defences

•Concrete Batching Plant

•Nitrogen Generation Plant

Current Development
•Power Station agreement
•New storage tanks
•New Jetty
•New Substation
•New Nitrogen Generation Plant
 New Storage Tanks
•Three in the process of being built

•One new tank = 4 old tanks

•Volume = 190,000 litres

•Each New tank ≈ Royal Albert Hall

Current Development
•Power Station agreement
•New storage tanks
•New Jetty
•New Nitrogen Generation Plant
•New Substation
 Conclusion
The gas in the North Sea will soon reach a
point where it is no longer cost effective.

This means that gas will need to be shipped

in from other countries.

The storage of this gas is a complex process

involving many different sectors.