Höegh LNG has filed a planning application with Barrow Borough council for the onshore installations of the Port Meridian project. This completes the filing of applications for the Port Meridian natural gas import project in the East Irish Sea.

Port Meridian Energy Limited is seeking permission to develop an offshore LNG (liquefied natural gas) facility, located around 35 kilometres offshore the coastline of Fylde, North West England and south-west of Barrow-in-Furness. The facility will consist of one or more Floating Re-gasification Units (FSRU), two unloading buoys, a large diameter subsea pipeline and onshore facilities connecting the system to the UK National Transmissions system (NTS). The annual import capacity of the project is around 8 billion cubic metres, which would represent between five and ten per cent of the UK annual consumption of natural gas.

The onshore installations include the pipeline landfall on Walney Island, the crossing of Walney Island and Piel Channel to connect to the proposed above ground installations (AGI) close to Barrow-in-Furness on the mainland. The primary purpose of the AGI is to ensure that the imported gas is of suitable delivery condition for the (NTS). The proposed AGI is located to the east of the existing South Morecambe Terminal.

The offshore elements of the development are covered by a pipeline Work Authorisation application filed with BERR in July 2008.

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