For 2012/13 a Tanker Filling Service is being offered by LNG Storage at its Avonmouth facility. The tanker filling service is available to transporters and other customers. In the past, other customers have used tanker loads of LNG for purposes including vehicle fuel supply, gas research, fire-fighting practice and the testing of gas turbines.
Customers may book tanker-filling slots for a year according to the maximum number of tankers that they will need to fill in one day. The commodity charge for injecting gas into the space is the same as the standard injection commodity charge for the facility. For withdrawals there is a standard charge per tanker filled or partially filled which is set out in the Annual Storage Invitation.
In order to utilise the Tanker Filling Service customers must have access to LNG in store.