28 September 2016
DETAILS
INEOS
has confirmed that the INEOS Insight
today safely docked
at the Grangemouth terminal in Scotland,
carrying 27,500m3 of ethane from US shale fields.
This is the very first time
that ethane from US shale gas
has ever been exported from the USA to the UK.
INEOS have invested $2bn into this world first project.
It will provide British industry with the chance
to benefit from US shale gas economics
which has done so much to revitalise manufacturing
in the USA.
The INEOS Insight
- The Insight and her sisters
are the world’s largest specifically built
ethane multi-gas carriers (27,500 cbm) - A world first with proven ethane fuel capability
significantly improving efficiency and cost. - Twin engines offering full redundancy
- Shaft generators offering reduced power needs
- As long as 2 football pitches
- You could park 15 BMW 525's
side by side across the deck - During the course of the contract, each vessel
will travel the equivalent of 5 return journeys
from the earth to the moon - If the Cargo tanks were removed
from one of the Dragon Ships
we could carry around 5,750 Mini Coopers
in the void space
Main dimensions
- Length 180 m
- Beam 26.6 m
- Depth 14.8 m
- Dead weight 20900 tonnes
The Mariner Project
- The ethane gas being shipped to Europe
originates from
the Marcellus Shale in Western Pennsylvania - The Marcellus Shale
is 300 miles from the nearest port - The Mariner East Pipeline has been constructed by
Sunoco to deliver
ethane to the Marcus Hook facility near Philadelphia - The pipeline has the capacity to transport
70,000 barrels of natural gas liquids per day - The ethane will be loaded onto ships
at the Marcus Hook Terminal in Philadelphia. - The terminal is an 800 acre site
on the banks of the Delaware River - It has been an oil and gas processing site
since 1902 - However, changing market conditions
meant that the refinery shut down in 2012 - The INEOS Dragon ship project
meant that the site could be reopened
INEOS at Grangemouth, Scotland
- Scotland’s biggest manufacturing complex
- TGE Gas Engineering constructed
a 40 metre-high ethane storage tank - This is Europe’s biggest ethane storage tank
- The roof was successfully
raised on the 10th July 2015 - 60,000 cubic metre capacity
- It can store 33,000 tonnes of liquid gas
- New docks and a new pipeline network
has been built to receive the gas
Media contacts
Richard Longden (INEOS) 0041 21 627 7063 or 0041 7996 26123
Mark Killick (Media Zoo) 020 7384 6980 or 07836 634449
Andrew McLachlan (Media Zoo) 020 7384 6980 or 07931 377162
Joseph Wade (Media Zoo) 020 7384 6980 or 07758 074576
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