The Easington Gas Terminal is one of six main gas terminals in the UK, and is situated on the North Sea coast at Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire and Dimlington. The other main gas terminals are at St Fergus, Aberdeenshire; Bacton, Norfolk; Teesside; Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire and Rampside gas terminal, Barrow, Cumbria. The whole site consists of four plants: two run by Perenco, one by Centrica and one by Gassco. The Easington Gas Terminals are protected by Ministry of Defence Police officers and are provided with resources by the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure.
Easington and Dimlington gas terminals
The Langeled pipeline collects gas - around 20% of the UK's needs - from the Nyhamna Gas Plant, and the Ormen Lange gas field; from 2006-11, the Langeled pipeline was the longest undersea pipeline in the world
View from the north in November 2008
Gas pipeline being built in North Yorkshire in June 2006, for connection to Easington
Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire
Easington is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in the area known as Holderness. A coastal settlement, it is situated between the Humber estuary and the North Sea at the south-eastern corner of the county, and at the end of the B1445 road from Patrington. The coastal town of Withernsea is approximately 6 miles (10 km) to the north-east.
Easington High Street
All Saints' Church, Easington
Easington terminal
