BP / Sonatrach (“the Shipper”) Isle of Grain Commercial Operations
Access to Importation Capacity
The LNG import terminal at the Isle of Grain is a converted peaking shaving facility. The 4.7bcm/a LNG import terminal came into service in July 2005.
BP and Sonatrach together are the Shipper that holds the Phase 1 capacity at the Isle of Grain LNG import terminal. 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 the UK's National Transmission System (NTS).
There may be times when the Shipper may not use a berthing slot at the Terminal and therefore in order to ensure that there is optimal use of the asset the Shipper may have importation capacity (berthing slots) available for use by third parties. Parties interested in accessing this capacity should see the schedule below.
The Agency will ensure you are contacted as soon as it is possible to discuss your interest, contact details below. All press inquiries must be directed in writing to the LNG Grain Agency at lngagency@lngga.com
Please note that the information on this site is updated regularly and interested parties should monitor this link regularly.
Secondary Capacity Access
Any unused cargo berthing slots and associated storage capacity and delivery capacity (together referred to as "Secondary Capacity") will be made available by BP/Sonatrach and subsequently provided by Grain LNG to interested parties on the basis summarised in the documents below.
The procedure for gaining access to such Secondary Capacity is set out in the documents below (click to download):
→Access to Secondary Capacity in Phase 1 of the Isle of Grain Import and Re-gasification Terminal - A Guide for Prospective Secondary Shippers (version 1.2 pdf)
→Confidentiality and Escrow Agreement (version 1.3 doc)
Please continue to contact the Terminal Operator - National Grid Grain LNG - for more Terminal-specific information (for example in relation to gas quality requirements and ship vetting procedures).
Contact details are as follows:
BP/SH LNG Grain Agency
Please direct all enquires to the LNG Grain Agency.
email: lngagency@lngga.com
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3283 4000
The Shipper Isle of Grain Schedule
Following is the Shipper's Isle of Grain schedule for the months of December 2008 to March 2009:
| BERTHING SLOTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2008 | January 2008 | February 2009 | March 2009 |
| 05-Dec-08 | 01-Jan-09 | 03-Feb-09 | 01-Mar-09 |
| 11-Dec-08 | 07-Jan-09 | 09-Feb-09 | 07-Mar-09 |
| 17-Dec-08 | 14-Jan-09 | 16-Feb-09 | 14-Mar-09 |
| *24-Dec-08 | 21-Jan-09 | 22-Feb-09 | 20-Mar-09 |
| 28-Jan-09 | 26-Mar-09 | ||
Any berthing slot which has not been successfully auctioned under "Secondary Capacity Access" and is not intended to be used by BP/ Sonatrach will be released to the Terminal Operator. These slots are indicated on the above schedule by an *. Anyone wishing to use these slots should contact the Terminal Operator via its website. Please click here to be redirected to the National Grid Grain website.
This process whereby slots are released to the Terminal Operator by the Primary Shipper, following an unsuccessful auction under Secondary Capacity Access, is currently under review.
*Note: the berthing slot of 24 December has been released by the Primary Shipper to the Terminal Operator. Anyone wishing to use this slot should contact the Terminal Operator via its website. Please click here to be redirected to the National Grid Grain website
Parties interested in accessing any berthing slot listed above should contact BP/SH's Agency via email in the first instance stating your interest. All queries for any other dates should be made directly to National Grid Grain LNG.
This schedule has been posted on a "reasonable endeavours" basis, since potential performance issues or an event of force majeure or outages at the Isle of Grain Terminal may result in slippage to the posted dates in the above schedule. As soon as BP/Sonatrach are aware of any changes to the published schedule, they will be reflected on this website.