QatarEnergy started using the UK-based Isle of Grain LNG terminal under a 25-year agreement, according to a press release. The terminal — operated by National Grid — saw its first delivery of LNG cargoes under the agreement on 15 July, 2025. The facility, which has an annual capacity of 7.2 mn tons, offers delivery, storage, and regasification services that are set to boost subsidiary QatarEnergy Trading’s operations and its supply of LNG across Europe, the press release said.

This was the plan all along: QatarEnergy initially booked storage and delivery capacity at the UK terminal in 2020, agreeing on a 25-year timespan starting in 2025, Reuters reported at the time. At that time, the Isle of Grain terminal reportedly could store and deliver enough gas to cover at least a quarter of UK gas demand.

About the terminal: The largest European terminal and the eighth largest in the world in terms of tank capacity, the Isle of Grain facility — located on the Isle of Grain in Kent — sits on a site that spans over 600 acres in total, according to its website. Its customers include BP, Algeria’s Sonatrach, Total, Centrica, and Uniper.

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