A UK gas supplier today revealed plans for a joint project to ship LNG directly to the Port of Rosyth in Fife.
Flogas Britain said construction of a small-scale LNG terminal at Rosyth would create more than 100 jobs, plus another 50 following completion.
Leicestershire-headquartered Flogas has teamed up with Oslo-listed transport and storage business Stolt-Nielsen to see through the project.
Flogas said an unspecified engineering firm had also been “engaged” to support the construction phase.
Completion is slated for 2019.
However, the necessary permits have yet to be granted by local authorities.
If the initiative comes to fruition, Stolt-Nielsen will ship LNG to Rosyth, where it will be stored before being delivered by Flogas across Scotland by road tanker, mainly to industrial customers.
The project partners said the deliveries would help cover parts of Scotland that are not served by the existing natural gas grid.
They said Scotland’s off-grid natural gas is currently delivered by road tanker from Kent at high cost.
Rob McCord, head of sales at Flogas, said: “This unique project is the beginning of Scotland’s LNG future and a chance to establish Scotland as an even greener nation.
“It will encourage the development of a natural gas infrastructure in Scotland’s remote regions and attract substantial investments from leading industrial groups.
“Flogas already supplies gas to many businesses and housing estates in Scotland, and the interest we have from potential new customers is huge.
“The demand is certainly there. We now need to work with the Scottish Government and our other stakeholders to bring the project to life.”
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