The Excelerate project docked at an offshore terminal near Teeside, delivering 20,000 tonnes of LNG from Trinidad into the NTS and marking the fastest ever time to market of any LNG facility in the world. The construction work began in the summer, meaning that laying three pipelines, building the loading arm and refurbishing the jetty has all happened in under a year.

Kathleen Eisbrenner, president and chief executive of Excelerate Energy, said: “The combination of a clear regulatory process and a constructive commercial environment allowed Excelerate to bring Teesside GasPort on-line in only 12 months.”