LNG in World Markets Mid Month: Centrica Buys UK’s Grain LNG Terminal

LNG in World Markets – Mid Month

August 2025

British international energy and services company Centrica and US energy infrastructure investor Energy Capital Partners (ECP) have acquired the 15-MMt/y Isle of Grain LNG terminal in the UK, one of the largest regasification facilities in Europe. Announced on Aug. 14, the acquisition has an enterprise value of £1.5 billion ($2 billion) and is expected to be completed by the end of this year. Current owner National Grid, which is the UK’s electricity and gas company and the transmission system operator in England and Wales, will use the sale proceeds to partly fund decarbonization investment in the UK’s electricity sector. To read the full analysis, please click here.