The site was formally opened by Amber Rudd, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on 16 May 2016.

[1] The plant is connected to the Shetland Islands Regional Gas Export Pipeline (SIRGE).

The gas is exported from the site via a 230 km (140 mi) 30-inch (760 mm) diameter pipe south to the Frigg UK System in Aberdeenshire.

The Laggan and Tormore gas fields are around 125 km (78 mi) north-west of the Shetland Islands, in sea depths of 600 metres (2,000 ft).

The production from the Laggan-Tormore project is expected to be around 93,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.