The project comprising the offshore riser platform and the pipeline, was completed on time and within budget. Customers can connect directly to CATS at any one of these subsea tees or at the riser platform.Most of the major North Sea gas producers are CATS customers.CATS currently serves over 30 producing fields connected via a series of production hubs, and in 2018 delivered over 5 billion cubic metres of gas to UK markets.Other partners with equity in CATS are Eni (0.3388 per cent) and Chrysaor (0.6630 per cent).The treated gas is then metered and routed to either the CATS gas processing plant, or to the adjacent Teesside Gas Processing Plant (TGPP) as determined by each Shipper's contractual arrangements.CATS North Sea Limited, is the operator of CATS appointed by the CATS joint venture and is accountable for the strategy, operational and financial performance, along with growing the business.CATS North Sea Limited appointed Wood as its operating partner, introducing a novel operating model focused on a long-term strategic relationship. Over the years, the system has been expanded to include fields located in the southern part of the Norwegian continental shelf, as well as several UK fields, including the ConocoPhillips operated J-Area. CATS – the Central Area Transmission System – is a natural gas transportation and processing system which takes gas from the Central North Sea to the CATS reception and processing terminal at Teesside in the North East of England. The inside of the pipe is lined with an epoxy film, which reduces friction and corrosion, thus maximising its capacity and prolonging the life of the pipeline.CATS customers have access to a Secure Customer Site, which gives them the capability and information required to manage their gas sales in the increasingly competitive and complex UK market.Customers can also connect to CATS via one of the existing hubs (Andrew, Armada, Banff, Culzean, ETAP, Everest, Huntington, J- Block, Lomond, MonArb, Stella), subject to agreeing terms and conditions with the hub owners.CATS currently serves more than 30 producing fields, connected via a series of production hubs.Registered at Companies House Company No. The North Everest platform is bridge-linked to the CATS riser platform. Trafigura, a commodity trader, remains "fully committed" to resuming LNG (liquified natural gas) imports at the site.Latest Teesside headlines straight to your inboxIt is thought the scheme could position Teesside as a major hub for large scale energy projects, in a massive boost for the local energy sector - but progress has so far been limited.The company behind plans for a major gas terminal on Teesside says it is waiting for the 'right market window' to begin the build.Teesside was home to the floating LNG import facility, the world's first of its kind, from 2007 to 2015.LNG is competing with renewables to replace heavily polluting coal and is frozen to minus 160C, so it can be shipped on tankers."We have recently completed all substantive technical design and permitting work to allow the project to be constructed when market conditions allow.It was decommissioned after previous owner, US-based Excelerate Energy, said it had come to the end of its commercially viable life.A spokesperson for Trafigura said: "Teesside remains a flexible anchor position in our infrastructure portfolio and we have long-term exclusive access to this asset.Once it's back up and running the terminal could make Teesside a possible destination for Atlantic-sourced cargoes including those from the US, according to a report by S&P Global Platts, which provides energy and commodities information to the worldwide energy markets.Trafigura says it's 'waiting for right market window' to carry out its multi-million pound planLong-term the development would bring economic growth and could attract further investment in other similar projects, potentially create a significant number of other jobs in the wider supply chain."We remain fully committed to the project and will await the right market window to trigger the construction work to complete the terminal at Teesside."