Barrow Terminal

Project Overview

The Barrow Terminal is the reception and processing hub for the South and North Morecambe gas fields discovered by British Gas between 1974 and 1976 with commercial production commencing via the Barrow terminal in 1985. At peak production the Barrow terminal processed 20% of domestic gas demand.

In 2017, Spirit Energy was created as a joint venture between Centrica and Stadtwerke München (SWM), with the Morecambe fields transferring into the new business.

By January 2025 the hub had produced more than 7 trillion cubic feet of gas over 40 years with estimates this is equivalent to the energy needs of more than 5 million UK homes over that same period.

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