Canvey LNG Terminal

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Canvey LNG Terminal is a cancelled (inferred 4 y) LNG import terminal in United Kingdom.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Canvey LNG Terminal	Thames Road, Canvey Island, Essex, East region, United Kingdom	51.516, 0.583 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the terminal:

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Project Details

Table 2: Infrastructure details

mtpa = million tonnes per year

Name	Facility type	Status	Capacity	Total terminal capacity	Offshore	Associated infrastructure
Canvey LNG Terminal	import	cancelled (inferred 4 y)	4 mtpa	4.0 mtpa	False	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Canvey LNG Terminal	import	–	–

Financing

No financing data available.

Table 4: Project timeline

FID = Final Investment Decision, used by some developers to indicate a project will move forward

Name	Facility type	Status	Proposal year	FID year	Construction year	Operating year	Inactive year
Canvey LNG Terminal	import	cancelled (inferred 4 y)	2005	–	–	–	2009 (cancelled)

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Canvey LNG Terminal	import	cancelled (inferred 4 y)	Osaka Gas Co Ltd; LNG Japan Corp; Calor	Calor; Osaka Gas Co Ltd; Sojitz Corp; Sumitomo Corp	–

Background

Canvey LNG Terminal was a proposed LNG import terminal in Canvey Island, East region, UK. The project, first proposed in 2005, had been planned to begin operating in 2010, but its initial planning application was rejected in 2006 by local council on environmental grounds after residents expressed opposition to project. In March 2007, the Canvey partners appealed the local government's refusal to grant planning permission. However, delays in the planning process combined with frustration at the Health and Safety Executive, who "failed to engage" according to a project partner, eventually led to project partner Centrica to withdraw its support, leading the project's remaining partners to withdraw their appeal.

The project was a joint venture between Centrica, LNG Japan (a joint venture between Sumitomo Corp. and Sojitz Corp.), Calor Group, and Osaka Gas. It would have converted an existing liquified petroleum gas (LPG) terminal on a brownfield site into a LNG receiving terminal. The site was also the UK's first LNG facility, which operated from 1964 until it was converted in 1990 to a LPG facility.

Opposition

The proposal to convert the existing Canvey Island gas terminal to LNG was rejected after the town's councils expressed concern that importing LNG could be dangerous.

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Additional data

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