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IGEM NEWS | Events

GAINING AN INSIGHT

INTO GRAIN

By Kelly France, IGEM Communications and Engagement Coordinator
GREGG DADSON concluded his year attendees to access one of the two
as London, Southern & Eastern purpose built jetties that can be
Section Chair with a bang (thankfully serviced by the world’s largest LNG
figuratively and not literally) when he carriers. Another highlight of the
provided an exclusive behind-the- visit was the opportunity to scale
scenes tour of National Grid’s Grain one of the newer storage tanks,
LNG terminal. which is big enough to fit the Royal
The Kent facility is the largest LNG Albert Hall in. Once on top of the
importation terminal in Europe, with tank, attendees were greeted with a
the capacity to supply 20 per cent of spectacular view of the site and
UK gas demand. delegates were provided with
Grain LNG is not ordinarily open to specifics on the various aspects of
the public, so the event provided a the complex operational activities.
unique opportunity to gain an insight Following the tour, Mo Javadi, Head
into this independent operation. The of Engineering at Lagoni Engineering,
appeal of this proved popular with the shared a presentation on the work
event being full to capacity. they have undertaken at Grain LNG.
Before heading out on the tour, This included details on Lagoni’s
Gregg, who is Grain LNG’s Terminal studies and works on ageing assets
Day Manager, delivered a presentation including cyber security.
on the terminal, giving an overview of The event concluded with Gregg
the facility’s history, its capabilities and welcoming in new Section Chair Sam
key business developments. Wilson. The Section would like to
Keen to see the operations thank event sponsors National Grid
described in practice, the event and Lagoni Engineering Limited. ■
attendees donned their protective
gear to head to the 600 acre site, ■ To view photos from the event
which is larger than Monaco. visit IGEM’s Facebook page at bit.ly/
The Grain LNG jetties The guided tour allowed IGEMGrainLNGphotos

GATEWAY TO THE FUTURE it was suggested that there could be

a potential conversion for the north
North West Section members were provided with an insightful talk on of England circa 2028 to 2035.
hydrogen and the future of gas in June, IGEM’s Kelly France reports Thank you to event sponsor WSP
for supporting the event. ■
DAN SADLER, H21 Programme these are produced, transported
Director at Northern Gas Networks and consumed. He looked at the ■ A short film on the H21 Leeds City
(NGN), discussed how hydrogen can non-technical aspects of Gate project can be viewed at www.
meet the UK energy demands and introducing a new type of gas, northerngasnetworks.
achieve the 2050 challenge of including the political focus; co.uk/2016/07/12/watch-our-h21-
reducing carbon emissions, under the lobbying government advisors, leeds-city-gate-film
terms of the Climate Change Act. local authorities, market regulators,
He initially addressed the packed official government strategy.
audience by providing background on He also discussed remaining
the UK’s energy position from obstacles and what the plans are for
2014-17, along with a short film on the future, including the various
the Leeds City Gate project, a phases involved; background testing,
feasibility study developed by NGN. consequence testing and field trials.
As part of the presentation, Dan If these are successful and the
gave an outline of the energy project moves forward at its current
infrastructure for electric, transport momentum, with hydrogen being
and heat. He also detailed how considered a suitable fuel alternative,

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