The Point of Ayr Gas Terminal is a gas terminal situated on the

Point of Ayr :''There are two other similarly named points in the British Isles: Point of Ayre, Isle of Man and Point of Ayre, Orkney, Scotland.'' Point of Ayr ( cy, Y Parlwr Du) is the northernmost point of mainland Wales. It is situated immediately to ...

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Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

. It takes gas from eni's

Liverpool Bay Liverpool Bay is a bay of the Irish Sea between northeast Wales, Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside to the east of the Irish Sea. The bay is a classic example of a region of freshwater influence. Liverpool Bay has historically suffered from redu ...

Development.

History

Th
site
is owned by eni Liverpool Bay Operating Company Ltd, a subsidiary of eni UK Ltd. It is built near the site of a former colliery, which closed in August 1996. Approval for the site was given in February 1993, to be constructed by Hamilton Oil (of Denver, USA). BHP bought Hamilton Oil in 1991. The amount of gas to be brought onshore would be enough to provide electricity for half of Wales. Construction took place in 1994. eni bought BHP Billiton's interest in the Liverpool Bay Development in April 2014. The gas comes from the Triassic Ormskirk Sandstone Formation.

Operation

It i
situated
just off the A548, next to the

North Wales Coast Line The North Wales Coast Line ( cy, Llinell Arfordir Gogledd Cymru), also known as the North Wales Main Line ( cy, Prif Linell Gogledd Cymru or cy, label=none, Prif Linell y Gogledd), is a major railway line in the north of Wales and Cheshire ...

and run by eni Liverpool Bay Operating Company Ltd, with offices at Llaneurgain House at Northop Country Park. The nearest town is

Prestatyn Prestatyn is a seaside town and community in Denbighshire, Wales. Historically a part of Flintshire, it is located on the Irish Sea coast, to the east of Rhyl. Prestatyn has a population of 19,085, History Prehistory There is evidence that ...

, to the west. The plant has a capacity to treat per day at

standard conditions Standard temperature and pressure (STP) are standard sets of conditions for experimental measurements to be established to allow comparisons to be made between different sets of data. The most used standards are those of the International Union ...

of sour gas from offshore. The gas is brought ashore via a diameter, pipeline. The plant separates methanol (used for hydrate inhibition), water and condensate from the gas stream. The gas is sweetened with an amine solvent to remove sulphur compounds down to 3.3 ppm hydrogen sulphide and 35 ppm mercaptans. The hydrocarbon dew-point of the gas is reduced by mechanical refrigeration to a quality suitable for pipeline transportation. The treated gas is piped to

Connah's Quay Power Station Connah's Quay Power Station is a 1,420 MW gas-fired power station to the west of Connah's Quay in Flintshire in North Wales. It is next to the A548, being tightly situated between the road and the south bank of the River Dee. History The ...

at 30 bar via a diameter, pipeline. Any gas surplus to the fuel requirements of the power station is further treated and delivered to the

Burton Point Burton Point () is the northeastern point of Krogh Island in the Biscoe Islands, Antarctica forming the north side of the northeast entrance to Vladigerov Passage. The point was mapped from air photos taken by the Falkland Islands and Dependen ...

terminal of the

National Transmission System The United Kingdom's National Transmission System (NTS) is the network of gas pipelines that supply gas to about forty power stations and large industrial users from natural gas terminals situated on the coast, and to gas distribution companies th ...

(NTS). In the series of fields, the Douglas field is only an oil field.

Douglas Complex

The Douglas Complex is from the Welsh coast. It is powered by two 42MW

gas turbine A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of continuous flow internal combustion engine. The main parts common to all gas turbine engines form the power-producing part (known as the gas generator or core) and are, in the directio ...

s. Gas is part-processed at the complex.

Gas fields

These were previously owned by BHP Petroleum Great Britain plc, LASMO (ULX) Ltd and a small amount by

Centrica Centrica plc is a British multinational energy and services company with its headquarters in Windsor, Berkshire. Its principal activity is the supply of electricity and gas to consumers in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is the largest ...

. The Centrica share was purchased by Eni UK Ltd, and the Lasmo share was owned by Eni ULX Ltd. eni now owns 100% of this development after it purchased BHP Billiton's shares in April 2014.

Hamilton

Discovered in June 1990. Production started in February 1997.

Hamilton North

Discovered in May 1991. Production started in December 1995.

Hamilton East

Discovered in December 1993.

Lennox

Discovered in July 1992. Production started in February 1996. Also an oil field. Situated just off

Southport Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England. Southport lies on the Iris ...

References

External links

* http://www.ogj.com/articles/print/volume-97/issue-5/in-this-issue/gas-processing/uk-nitrogen-removal-plant-starts-up.html
Liverpool Bay Development

WikiMapia

News items

BHP search for gas in September 2002

BHP's new HQ at Northop in March 2002
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