Easington Terminal

Hull

Overview

Capacity

120 mcf

Commissioning Date

1967

Project Overview

The Easington gas terminal, owned and operated by Centrica Energy Storage+, is one of the UK’s most strategically important energy sites. Commissioned in March 1967, it was the first terminal to bring North Sea gas ashore and has played a critical role in the country’s energy system ever since.

Located on the East Yorkshire coast, the terminal receives, processes and treats natural gas before it is fed into the UK’s National Transmission System and it also serves as the onshore hub for Centrica’s Rough gas storage facility offshore.

Today, Easington is capable of processing significant volumes of gas, at times handling a substantial share of UK peak demand and is central to maintaining energy security. In the future, Centrica is exploring how the site can evolve further, including its potential role as a future low‑carbon hydrogen hub.

"We are getting left behind in the Humber. That's where the Government have all the keys, to unlock investment in this region, to grow the economy, to protect jobs and to decarbonise along the way. Now it needs to happen here in Hull."

Martin Scargill
Managing Director, Centrica Energy Storage +

Future Plans

H2H Easington is a significant project focused on transitioning the gas terminal at Easington into a low‑carbon energy hub. It has been independently calculated by the University of Hull that the project could add £1.025bn to the economy and support over 2,000 jobs over 35 years.

The proposed project, developed in partnership with Equinor, will deliver a multi‑stage low‑carbon hydrogen production facility, with initial green hydrogen production targeted through the next Hydrogen Allocation Round, and up to 1.2GW of blue hydrogen to help decarbonise this critical energy asset.