Bacton Gas Terminal

Bacton Gas Terminal
Bacton Gas Terminal, from the west in 2007
Bacton Gas Terminal is located in Norfolk
Bacton Gas Terminal
Location within Norfolk
General information
TypeGas terminal
LocationBacton, NR12 0JE
Coordinates52°51′39″N 1°27′27″E / 52.8608°N 1.4575°E / 52.8608; 1.4575
Current tenantsEni, National Grid, Shell UK, Perenco
Construction started1967
Completed1968
Inaugurated13 August 1968
Cost£10 million (Shell 1968), £5 million (Phillips 1969)
Height410-470ft (two communication radio masts)
Technical details
Floor area200 acres (0.81 km2)

The Bacton Gas Terminal is a complex of six gas terminals within four sites located on the North Sea coast of North Norfolk in the United Kingdom. The sites are near Paston and between Bacton and Mundesley; the nearest town is North Walsham.

The other main UK gas terminals which receive gas from the UK continental shelf are at St Fergus, Aberdeenshire; Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire; Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire; CATS Terminal, Teesside; and Rampside gas terminal, Barrow, Cumbria.