Theddlethorpe Gas Terminal

Theddlethorpe Gas Terminal is a large gas terminal on the Lincolnshire coast on Mablethorpe Road at Theddlethorpe St Helen close to Mablethorpe in East Lindsey in England. It is just off the A1031 and next door to a holiday camp and Mablethorpe Seal Sanctuary .HistoryFrom December 1969, there were plans for the terminal proposed by the Gas Council. Planning permission was given in April 1970. It was built in 1972 to receive gas from the Viking gas field from 4 July 1972, being the UK's third main gas terminal when owned by Conoco. The first stage cost around £5 million. A new 86mi 28in offshore gas pipeline had to be built for the plant. It was originally called the Viking Gas Terminal, changing to its current name in 1984.In the early 1990s, a new pipeline was built to the terminal by Kinetica, a company jointly owned by PowerGen and Conoco. The pipeline to Killingholme was opened by Tim Eggar on 21 July 1992.OperationThe main site is owned by ConocoPhillips, with pipelines to National Grid's National Transmission System, and E.ON's 20in Killingholme Pipeline System to both Killingholme A power station and Killingholme B power station, transporting 256,000 m3/h at a pressure of 40-55 bar. 10% of the UK's ever increasing gas requirements come from Theddlethorpe. Around one hundred people work on the site. The 30-inch line from the NTS terminal (Feeder Main No 8) is routed to Hatton Lincolnshire where it connects to the 36-inch NTS Wisbech to Scunthorpe line (Feeder No 7).