- Sullom Voe Terminal
The Sullom Voe Terminal is an
oil andliquefied gas terminal atSullom Voe in theShetland Islands ofScotland . It handles production from oilfields in the North Sea andEast Shetland Basin .When Shetland was identified as a location to provide pipeline terminal and support facilities for offshore oil installations in the northern
North Sea , corporations involved had expected to each build their own terminal facilities. However, wishing to minimise the negative impacts of the industry, theShetland Islands Council (SIC), with power granted to it by theUK Parliament in the1974 Zetland County Council Act (ZCC Act), were able to contain all pipeline terminal facilities at the Sullom Voe site.The terminal was built between 1975 and 1981, and it is operated by
BP . First oil was received on 25 November 1978. The terminal receives oil through the Brent andNinian pipeline systems. In addition, a new convert|22|in|mm|-1 pipeline was laid from the Clair oil field in 2003-2004, and first oil from the Clair field was received in February 2005.Gas is imported through the
West of Shetland pipeline . Some of the gas is used as fuel in theFortum operated Sullom Voe power station. The remainder is enriched with LPGs and exported to the Magnus platform for enhanced oil recovery.External links
* [http://www.bpnsi.com/index.asp?id=7369643D312669643D313335 Sullom Voe Terminal (BP website)]
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