SOUTH HOOK LNG Issue 10 Winter 2020 Our Mission: Delivering Energy to the UK Read inside: Celebrating our first decade of operations Looking back at ten years of support in our community Helping to improve local biodiversity Celebrating 15 years as part of the South Hook Family Giving local students a helping hand Celebrating our County’s volunteers www.southhooklng.com Issue 65 WSpringinter 2015/20162015 1 1 South Hook LNG in the community South Hook LNG in the community Welcome... Fifteen years as part of the South Hook Family The longest serving members of South Hook are celebrating fifteen to the 2020 winter edition of our Seasons years with the Company during 2020. Chris O’Donovan, Process Community Newsletter. Superintendent and Elvan Akkaya, Commercial Adviser have both been We trust this newsletter finds you and your families well during these challenging times. with the Company since the beginning, As part of the UK’s critical national infrastructure, South Hook has played an important role in the Country’s working out of the London office before the Terminal was even built. response to the challenges of this year. During the first four months of lockdown – from the end of March to the end of July, we received 35 vessels at the Terminal, processing just under 3½ million tonnes of Our thanks go to Chris and Elvan for their continued commitment to the liquefied natural gas (LNG), and delivering almost 100% of the LNG that entered the National Grid, for the business, as they become the first of month of July. many team members who will be marking the same milestone in the We remain committed to the safety of our people and the wider community in managing our on-site approach coming year. to the pandemic. Stringent measures are in place, ensuring that we are able to maintain business activities that are so vital in providing the Country with the energy that it needs. Locally, our support of community organisations and projects across Pembrokeshire, remains a key focus. We are proud to have played our part in supporting the incredible work of our local NHS, gifting £7,000 to Withybush Hospital – an amount View of conventional raised through the personal donations of our team vessels Marvel on site, which was happily matched by South Hook. Eagle and Shinshu Maru, bething Lastly, during 2019, we marked ten years of simultaneously operation at South Hook. From the arrival of the with cargoes from the USA. first LNG ship in March 2009, to our first non-Qatari cargoes in 2019, we have celebrated so many milestones in the past decade. We are incredibly proud of being a key contributor to UK energy resilience, and equally as proud of our place in the Pembrokeshire Community. We hope you enjoy looking back at some of the highlights of the past ten years. Stay Safe. If you would prefer to receive future South Hook LNG Seasons Newsletters electronically, you can download a copy from our website www.southhooklng.com Please contact us if you Twin berthing of wish to be removed from our postal list. QMax vessels Umm Slal and All information is correct at the time of printing. This newsletter is printed Al Dafna from Qatar. using vegetable-based inks, FSC paper and is fully recyclable. 2 Issue 10 Winter 2020 Issue 10 Winter 2020 3 South Hook LNG in the community South Hook LNG in the community Proud of our many achievements over the Marking 10 years past 10 years • Unloaded almost 700 vessels, regasifying around three quarters of the total LNG of operation imported into the UK • Processed over 60 million tonnes of LNG − enough natural gas that if supplying London In 2019, we celebrated ten safe and successful years of based on a full commitment to safety, reliability, quality alone, would keep the Capital going for operation. Since the arrival in 2009 of our inaugural LNG and the integrity of the local environment. approximately ten years ship, we have been proud to mark many milestones in our In October last year, under the patronage of His Excellency, ten year journey and proud that over this time, more than Mr Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Qatar’s Minister of State for • Supported hundreds of Pembrokeshire two thirds of the UK’s entire LNG imports have come Energy Affairs, President and Chief Executive of Qatar community groups and local initiatives, through South Hook. Petroleum, a dinner held at the iconic V&A Museum in Speaking at the event, His Excellency Mr Saad Sherida promoting areas of safety, environment, The South Hook LNG Terminal continues to play a vital London, saw community, industry and political guests Al-Kaabi hailed the historic relations between Qatar and education and wellbeing role in the country’s energy infrastructure, representing a come together to mark ten years of our operation. It was the United Kingdom and stressed the importance of the long-term commitment by our Shareholders to the security an event that not only acknowledged the importance of UK market to Qatar’s LNG. He said, “The United • Match-funded numerous local sports clubs, Kingdom is a very important market for Qatari LNG, as it of UK energy supplies. We have operated efficiently and South Hook LNG to UK energy security, but the significant charities and schools’ Friends’ Associations, above all, safely for the last decade. It’s an achievement bond between the United Kingdom and the State of Qatar. offers a friendly and attractive business environment, and a stable regulatory framework. This is driven by the supporting the volunteering and fundraising long and historic relations that tie our two countries and endeavours of our people people, on many levels and across all walks of life.” • Proudly hosted hundreds of visitors at the His Excellency Mr Al-Kaabi also stressed the importance Terminal. From community groups, Councillors of South Hook LNG as an important tool for local development. “As Qatar Petroleum and its Partners and local students, to representatives from made significant investments to develop the import and Governments, Embassies and Industry, we regasification facilities in South Hook, the Terminal itself have been delighted to share the story of became a provider of stable local jobs, and a supporter South Hook LNG and the role that the of local communities, businesses and services,” he said. Terminal plays in supporting the UK’s energy Minister Al-Kaabi expressed pride in being part of this resilience landmark Terminal saying “South Hook Terminal is a strategic investment that supports the security of energy • Celebrated the significant increase in wildlife, supplies to one of the world’s most dynamic and vibrant now thriving in the South Hook LNG Nature economies. It brings warmth to homes and energy to Conservation Area (NCA), as reported by businesses, and drives industries and innovation.” expert ecologists. The 100 acres which We were delighted that so many of our friends and forms part of our site, is managed using colleagues from Pembrokeshire were able to join us for strategic ‘low key’ management initiatives, the evening. in partnership with Pembrokeshire Coast Following the event, Preseli Pembrokeshire MP Stephen National Park Authority (PCNPA). This Crabb commented: “South Hook LNG plays a hugely important role in the Pembrokeshire community and I includes ensuring strict control of human was delighted to join His Excellency Mr Saad Sherida access to the NCA, in order to minimise Al-Kaabi and the South Hook LNG team in London to disturbance celebrate their 10th anniversary. • Congratulated 45 employees on receiving “Not only is the Terminal a valued employer in our County, while also contributing positively to charities and their 10 Year Long Service Award and 25 community groups, but it is a vital part of the UK’s employees for receiving their 5 Year Long energy system and is therefore of national importance. Service Award, representing an impressive “Having seen the Terminal under construction to now total of 575 years cumulative experience at celebrating its 10th anniversary, long may South Hook South Hook LNG! Friends and colleagues from Pembrokeshire join industry and political guests from around the world at the V&A Museum LNG continue to be an important part of the in October 2019 Pembrokeshire landscape.” 4 Issue 10 Winter 2020 Issue 10 Winter 2020 5 Safety Culture at South Hook LNG Safety Culture at South Hook LNG Community Safety Information Proud of our Safety Culture and Emergency Instructions As part of ongoing safety communications and in line with the Health & Safety Executive’s (HSE)’s Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Regulations, South Hook LNG provides information to all residents and businesses within our Public Information Zone (PIZ), see map below. Residents who live just outside of this area, receive the information as a courtesy. he South Hook LNG H m i tete utey on the first Tuesday of the quarter at 2:30pm and 7:30pm. The 2021 dates are: ry Tu ua es n da a y J 5 6 y A a p d r i s l e u T 2021 T u y e l s u d J a y 6 5 y O a c sd to ue ber T Call free on 0800 046 3470 to hear a recording of the Alarm sound. Details of the testing dates are available Everyone at South Hook is committed to the safety of our on the South Hook website. people, the community and the environment in which we operate. Over the course of the last ten years, a huge Testing emergency amount of dedication and effort has resulted in a safety culture at the Terminal that we are all very proud of.