Piper oilfield

Piper oilfield

The Piper oilfield is a substantial North Sea oilfield. Oil extracted from it is piped to Scotland, where it is refined at a purpose built refinery on the island of Flotta, in the Orkney Islands.

ee also

*Energy policy of the United Kingdom
*Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom


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