Rampside Gas Terminal
| Rampside Gas Terminal | |
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View of the terminals from the south
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 Location within Cumbria
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| Alternative names | Morecambe Bay Gas Terminal, Rivers Gas Terminal, North Morecambe On-Shore Terminal |
| General information | |
| Type | Gas terminal |
| Location | Rampside Road (A5087), Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 0QU |
| Coordinates | 54°05′53″N 3°11′01″W / 54.09816°N 3.18367°W |
| Inaugurated | 1985 |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | Costain Oil and Gas (Rivers Terminal) |
Rampside Gas Terminal is a gas terminal situated in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria on the Irish Sea coast. It connects to gas fields in Morecambe Bay. It is situated adjacent to Roosecote Power Station.
Production started in 1985 with the South Morecambe gas field. The North Morecambe terminal was built in 1992. The Rivers Fields Area was discovered in 1982. The terminal was built on a site used by the former Roosecote coal-fired power station.
It consists of three gas terminals, situated between Roose to the north and Rampside to the south. The sea around the gas platforms is around 30 metres (93 ft) deep. Centrica's facilities employ about 400 people, with a maximum of 172 people offshore, with around 140 being Centrica personnel. Offshore personnel are transferred via helicopter from Blackpool International Airport and also directly from the terminal itself with flights currently operated by Bond Offshore Helicopters. Gas is transferred to the terminals via 36 inch pipelines. Gas, after processing and compression, is supplied to the National Transmission System. Gas is also transferred to the Roosecote Power Station, next-door to the north at Roose.
It is named as it is because its fields are all named after Lancashire rivers. This is operated by Centrica Energy on behalf of ConocoPhillips. The £60m contract for the construction by Costain Oil and Gas Ltd (now called COGAP) of Manchester from January 2002. The whole £185m project, including the fields, was originally developed by Burlington Resources, who were bought by ConocoPhillips in 2006. The gas coming to the terminal is sour and contains plenty of nitrogen and hydrogen sulphide. Gas is transferred from here to the North Morecambe Terminal. Waste hydrogen sulphide is burned to produce sulphur dioxide and converted to liquid sulphuric acid which has industrial use.
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