Bacton Gas Terminal
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The Bacton Gas Terminal is a complex of six gas terminals within four sites located on the North Sea coast of North Norfolk in the United Kingdom. The sites are near Paston and between Bacton and Mundesley; the nearest town is North Walsham.
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Bacton Gas Terminal | |
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General information | |
Type | Gas terminal |
Location | Bacton, NR12 0JE |
Coordinates | 52.8608°N 1.4575°E / 52.8608; 1.4575 |
Current tenants | Eni, National Grid, Shell UK, Perenco |
Construction started | 1967 |
Completed | 1968 |
Inaugurated | 13 August 1968 |
Cost | £10 million (Shell 1968), £5 million (Phillips 1969) |
Height | 410-470ft (two communication radio masts) |
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Floor area | 200 acres (0.81 km2) |
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The other main UK gas terminals which receive gas from the UK continental shelf are at St Fergus, Aberdeenshire; Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire; Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire; CATS Terminal, Teesside; and Rampside gas terminal, Barrow, Cumbria.