Where is South Hook LNG Terminal?

South Hook LNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal in Wales, United Kingdom. It is made up of 2 tracked trains and phases.

Is South Hook LNG Terminal operating?

South Hook LNG Terminal is operating, with its first tracked train starting in 2009.

How much LNG can South Hook LNG Terminal handle?

South Hook LNG Terminal has 19.5 Mtpa operating, equivalent to 26.5 bcm/y of gas a year in operation. Capacity at different statuses is never added together.

Who owns South Hook LNG Terminal?

South Hook LNG Terminal is owned by QatarEnergy, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies, and operated by South Hook LNG Terminal. Shares are as recorded in the current tracker release.

Which maritime chokepoints do cargoes from South Hook LNG Terminal pass?

Cargoes from South Hook LNG Terminal would normally pass Strait of Gibraltar, Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb and Danish Straits. This is an editorial model of typical laden voyages by destination market, not vessel tracking, and any individual cargo may go another way.

What pipelines connect to South Hook LNG Terminal?

1 tracked gas pipeline passes within 25 km of South Hook LNG Terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance.

South Hook LNG Terminal — import terminal

At a glance

Country: United Kingdom
State / province: Wales
Region: Not reported
Import / export: Import
Onshore / floating: Not reported
Status (rolled up): Operating
Trains / phases tracked: 2
Earliest start year: 2009
Latest start year: 2025
Coordinates: 51.7152° N, 5.0763° W
GEM terminal ID: T100000130557
GEM wiki page: gem.wiki

Trains and phases

Each row is one unit as tracked by GEM. Ordered by start year, then proposal year.

Unit	Status	Capacity (Mtpa)	Capacity (bcm/y)	Start	Proposed	FID	Owner (as reported)
Not reported	Operating	15.6	21.2	2009	—	Not reported	QatarEnergy [67.5%]; Exxon Mobil Corp [24.15%]; TotalEnergies SE [8.35%]
Unit Expansion	Operating	3.9	5.3	2025	—	Not reported	QatarEnergy [67.5%]; Exxon Mobil Corp [24.15%]; TotalEnergies SE [8.35%]

Capacity by status

Status	Units	Mtpa	bcm/y
Operating	2	19.5	26.5

Owners and operators

Stakes as reported by GEM per unit, merged across units. Percentages are omitted where GEM does not give them.

Owners

Operators

South Hook LNG Terminal

Location

South Hook LNG Terminal at 51.7152° N, 5.0763° W, with 1 tracked gas pipeline passing within 25 km.

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Coordinates: 51.7152° N, 5.0763° W
Coordinate accuracy (GEM): exact
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Nearest tracked terminals

Connected gas pipelines

Tracked pipelines whose route passes within 25 km of this terminal, or whose name matches it. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.

Pipeline	Status	Length	Capacity	Distance	Matched by
National Transmission System	Operating	7,650 km	—	0.5 km	route proximity

Supplied via

Chokepoints that cargoes arriving at this terminal typically cross, based on where its region is supplied from.

Strait of Gibraltar
Suez Canal
Bab el-Mandeb
Danish Straits

Atlantic-basin supply from the United States crosses no chokepoint, which is why the European exposure figure is lower than it looks.

Routing is an editorial model of typical laden voyages, held in a hand-maintained lane table. It is not vessel tracking, and it does not account for diversions, canal draught limits, ice class or seasonal closures. See methodology, or take the machine-readable exposure feed. Links to the Chokepoints site are inactive until its domain is set in the environment.

Common questions

Generated from the same tracker fields as the tables above, so the two cannot disagree. Each answer stands on its own.

Where is South Hook LNG Terminal?: South Hook LNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal in Wales, United Kingdom. It is made up of 2 tracked trains and phases.
Is South Hook LNG Terminal operating?: South Hook LNG Terminal is operating, with its first tracked train starting in 2009.
How much LNG can South Hook LNG Terminal handle?: South Hook LNG Terminal has 19.5 Mtpa operating, equivalent to 26.5 bcm/y of gas a year in operation. Capacity at different statuses is never added together.
Who owns South Hook LNG Terminal?: South Hook LNG Terminal is owned by QatarEnergy, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies, and operated by South Hook LNG Terminal. Shares are as recorded in the current tracker release.
Which maritime chokepoints do cargoes from South Hook LNG Terminal pass?: Cargoes from South Hook LNG Terminal would normally pass Strait of Gibraltar, Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb and Danish Straits. This is an editorial model of typical laden voyages by destination market, not vessel tracking, and any individual cargo may go another way.
What pipelines connect to South Hook LNG Terminal?: 1 tracked gas pipeline passes within 25 km of South Hook LNG Terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance.

Background on the technology and the terms used on this page.

FSRU versus onshore regasification
An FSRU is a ship that stores LNG and turns it back into gas while moored, doing the job of an onshore import terminal without the onshore construction.
LNG and maritime chokepoints
A maritime chokepoint is a narrow strait or canal that a large share of seaborne trade must pass through, and LNG exposure to them depends entirely on which exporting region supplies which importing market.
Mtpa, bcm and cubic metres
LNG capacity is quoted in three incompatible units, and the two conversions that matter are 1 million tonnes a year equals about 1.36 billion cubic metres of gas a year, and 1 cubic metre of liquid equals about 600 cubic metres of gas.
What terminal status actually means
A project status describes how far an LNG terminal or train has progressed, and the gap between proposed and operating is the single most misread number in the industry.