APPENDIX 13 Offshore Oil and Gas Trunk and Interfield Pipelines

From - to

Length (km)

Diameter (mm)

Material Conveyed

Operator

Year Commissioned

Operating

         

Alba Northern - Britannia

7.5

168.3

Associated Gas

Chevron

1999

N Alwyn - Cormorant A

52.4

323.9

Crude Oil

Total

1998

N. Alwyn - Frigg

111

610

Associated Gas

Total

1987

N. Alwyn - Ninian*

15.4

323.9

Crude Oil

Total

1987

Amethyst - Easington

48

762

Natural Gas

Britoil

1990

Andrew - Brae subsea valve

16.3

273.1

Crude Oil

Britoil

1996

Andrew - CATS(7)

44.4

219.1

Associated Gas

Britoil

1996

Anglia - LOGGS(1)

23.6

323.9

Natural Gas

Ranger

1991

W Anglia - Anglia A

4.8

219.1

Natural Gas

Ranger

1993

Ann - LOGGS(1)

42

323.9

Natural Gas

Phillips

1993

Arbroath - Montrose

8.3

406.4

Associated Gas

Amoco

1990

Arbroath - Montrose

8.3

273.1

Crude Oil

Amoco

1990

Arkwright - Arbroath

10.8

219.1

Crude Oil

Amoco

1996

Armada - CATS(7)

24.5

508

Natural Gas

British Gas

1997

Armada - CATS(7)

24.6

273.1

Condensate

British Gas

1997

Audrey - N Valiant

16.3

508

Natural Gas

Phillips

1988

Auk - Fulmar

12.2

219.1

Crude Oil

Shell

1986

Bacton - Median Line UK-Belgium

24.5

508

Natural Gas

British Gas

1998

Balmoral - Brae/Forties

14.5

355.6

Crude Oil

Agip

1986

Barque - Clipper

24

406.4

Natural Gas

Shell

1990

Barque - Clipper

15.5

355.6

Natural Gas

Shell

1995

Beatrice - Nigg Bay

66.9

406.4

Crude Oil

Britoil

1981

Beryl A - St Fergus (SAGE)(2)

325

762

Associated Gas

Mobil

1992

Bessemer - Inde

15.6

406.4

Natural Gas

Amoco

1995

Birch - Brae A

14.3

273.1

Crude Oil

LASMO

1995

Boulton - Murdoch

11.4

273.1

Natural Gas

Conoco

1997

Brae - Forties

117.9

762

Crude Oil

Marathon

1983

Brae B - E Brae

14.6

457

Associated Gas

Marathon

1993

E Brae - Brae A/Brae B

14.8

457

Condensate

Marathon

1993

E Brae - SAGE(2) Wye

23

762

Associated Gas

Marathon

1994

Brent - S Cormorant

35.4

762

Crude Oil

Shell

1978

Brent - St Fergus (FLAGS)(3)

452.2

914

Associated Gas

Shell

1982

Britannia - Unity Platform

44.4

355.6

Condensate

BOL

1998

Britannia - St Fergus

185.3

711

Natural Gas

BOL

1998

Bruce - Forties/Cruden Bay

248

610

Crude Oil

Total

1993

Bruce - Frigg/St Fergus

5.6

813

Associated Gas

Total

1993

Buchan - Forties

54.7

323.9

Crude Oil

BP

1986

Buckland - Beryl A

101.4

219.1

Crude Oil

Mobil

1999

Buckland - Beryl A

101.5

219.1

Crude Oil

Mobil

1999

Buckland - Beryl A

12.2

219.1

Crude Oil

Mobil

1999

Bure West - Thames AR

11.44

219.1

Condensate

Arco

1998

Caister - Murdoch

11

406.4

Natural Gas

Conoco

1993

Callisto - Ganymede

14

323.9

Natural Gas

Conoco

1995

Camelot - Leman*

15

323.9

Natural Gas

Amoco

1989

Camelot CB - Camelot/Leman

1.2

168.3

Natural Gas

Mobil

1992

Central Graben - Teesside (CATS)

402

914

Associated Gas

Amoco

1993

Central Graben-Forties/Cruden Bay

63

355.6

Condensate

Amoco

1993

Chanter - Piper B

10.7

168.3

Condensate

Elf

1993

Claymore - Piper

12.8

762

Crude Oil

Elf

1977

Cleeton - Dimlington

58.1

914

Natural Gas

BP

1988

Clipper - Bacton

72.6

610

Natural Gas

Shell

1990

Clyde - Fulmar

9.9

406

Associated Gas

Britoil

1987

Clyde - Fulmar

9.9

406

Crude Oil

Britoil

1987

N Cormorant - S Cormorant

17.5

508

Crude Oil

Shell

1982

N Cormorant - WL(3)

22

273.1

Associated Gas

Shell

1982

S Cormorant - Brent A (WL)(3)

40.4

406.4

Associated Gas

Shell

1982

S Cormorant - Sullom Voe

149.7

914

Crude Oil

Shell/Esso

1978

Corvette - Leman AP

36.2

508

Natural Gas

Shell

1999

Curlew - Fulmar

26.3

323.9

Natural Gas

Shell

1998

Cyrus-Andrew

6.7

273.1

Crude Oil

Britoil

1996

Dalton - Nth Morcambe

7

323.9

Natural Gas

Hydrocarbon Res. Ltd

1999

Davy - lnde

42.4

406.4

Natural Gas

Amoco

1995

Dawn - Hewitt

6.1

219.1

Natural Gas

Phillips

1995

Deben - Thames AR

11.44

219.1

Condensate

Arco

1998

Deborah-Hewitt

5.8

219.1

Natural Gas

Phillips

1996

Della - Hewitt

9.4

273.1

Natural Gas

Phillips

1988

Don - Thistle

17.3

219.1

Crude Oil

Britoil

1989

Douglas - Point of Ayr

32.1

508

Natural Gas

BHP Petroleum

1995

Dunbar - N Alwyn

22

406

Crude Oil

Total

1994

Dunlin - S Cormorant

27.4

610

Crude Oil

Shell

1978

Dunlin - Osprey

0.8

395.5

Crude Oil

Shell

1997

Eider - N Cormorant

13

323.9

Crude Oil

Shell

1988

Ekofisk - Teesside

354

864

Crude Oil

Phillips

1975

Ellon - Dunbar 1

9.9

168.3

Associated Gas

Total

1994

Ellon - Dunbar 2

9.8

168.3

Associated Gas

Total

1994

Erskine - Lomond

30.1

406.4

Condensate

Texaco

1997

Europa - Sinope Tee

4.4

323.9

Natural Gas

Conoco

1999

Excalibur-Lancelot/Bacton subsea tee

7.5

323.9

Natural Gas

Mobil

1994

Forties - Cruden Bay(5)

177

914

Crude Oil

BP

1991

Frigg - St Fergus No 2

354

813

Associated Gas

Total

1978

Frigg - St Fergus No l

354

813

Associated Gas

Total

1977

Fulmar - Judy

15.5

610

Crude Oil

Shell

1997

Fulmar - St Fergus

290

508

Associated Gas

Shell

1986

Galahad - Lancelot

16

323.9

Natural Gas

Mobil

1995

Galleon - Clipper

12.4

323.9

Natural Gas

Shell

1994

Galleon - Sole Pit

9

323.9

Natural Gas

Shell

1998

Galley - Tartan

22.9

273

Crude Oil

Texaco

1998

Galley - Tartan

22.7

219

Associated Gas

Texaco

1998

Gannet A - Fulmar A

107

406.4

Crude Oil

Shell

1992

Gannet E - Gannet A

14.2

219.1

Crude Oil

Shell

1997

Gannet E - Gannet A

14.1

219.1

Crude Oil

Shell

1997

Gannet F - Gannet A

4.2

219.1

Crude Oil

Shell

1997

Gannet G - Gannet D

5.3

168.3

Crude Oil

Shell

1999

Ganymede - LOGGS

18.3

457

Natural Gas

Conoco

1995

Gawain - Thames AW

15.5

323.9

Natural Gas

Arco

1995

Glamis - Balmoral*

7.8

168.3

Crude Oil

Agip

1989

Glamis - Balmoral

6.9

219.1

Crude Oil

Agip

1989

Guinevere A - Lancelot A

6.9

219.1

Natural Gas

Mobil

1993

Hamilton - Douglas

11.4

508.0

Natural Gas

BHP Petroleum

1996

Hamilton N - Douglas

14.6

355.6

Natural Gas

BHP Petroleum

1995

Heather - Ninian

33

406.4

Crude Oil

DNO

1978

Heather - WL(4)

19.4

168.3

Associated Gas

DNO

1986

Heimdal - Brae

37.9

219.1

Condensate

Elf

1985

Heron - Marnock

22.3

304.5

Crude Oil

BP

1998

Heron - Marnock

22.3

304.5

Crude Oil

BP

1998

Hewitt - Bacton

27.7

762

Natural Gas

Phillips

1969

Hewitt - Bacton

32.8

762

Natural Gas

Phillips

1969

Highlander - Tartan

13.9

219.1

Crude Oil

Texaco

1986

Highlander - Tartan

13.9

323.9

Crude Oil

Texaco

1986

Hudson - Tern*

10.6

219.1

Crude Oil

Amerada Hess

1995

Hudson - Tern*

10.6

273.1

Crude Oil

Amerada Hess

1995

Hudson - Tern*

10.6

273.1

Crude Oil

Amerada Hess

1995

Hudson - Tern(15)

10.4

273.1

Crude Oil

Amerada Hess

1999

Hudson - Tern(15)

10.4

273.1

Crude Oil

Amerada Hess

1999

Hudson - Tern(15)

10.2

219.1

Crude Oil

Amerada Hess

1999

Hutton (TLP)(6) - N W Hutton

4.8

323.9

Crude Oil

Conoco

1984

N W Hutton - S Cormorant

12.7

508

Crude Oil

Amoco

1983

Hyde - West Sole

11.5

355.6

Natural Gas

BP

1993

Indefatigable - Leman Bank

35.8

762

Natural Gas

Amoco/Shell/Esso

1971

Janice A - Norpipe Sth Wye

16

355.6

Crude Oil

Kerr McGee

1999

Janice A - Judy

41

323.9

Associated Gas

Kerr McGee

1999

Joanne - Judy

4.8

219.1

Crude Oil

Phillips

1995

Joanne - Judy

4.8

323.9

Crude Oil

Phillips

1995

Joanne - Judy

4.8

323.9

Crude Oil

Phillips

1995

Johnston - Ravenspurn

9.7

323.9

Natural Gas

BHP Petroleum

1994

Judy - CATS tie-in

70

508

Associated Gas

Phillips

1995

Judy - Norpipe Wye

51.9

610

Crude Oil

Phillips

1995

Katrine - Beryl A

7.7

278.9

Crude Oil

Mobil

1998

Ketch - Murdoch

26.9

457

Natural Gas

Shell

1999

Kittiwake - Fulmar

2.2

101.6

Associated Gas

Shell

1990

Lancelot A - Bacton

62

508

Natural Gas

Mobil

1993

Larch - Birch

23.9

282.2

Crude Oil

LASMO

1998

Leman Bank - Bacton*

55.7

762

Natural Gas

Shell/Esso

1968

Leman Bank - Bacton

61.5

762

Natural Gas

Amoco

1969

Leman Bank - Bacton

64.9

762

Natural Gas

Amoco/Shell/Esso

1970

Leman Bank - Bacton

57.8

762

Natural Gas

Amoco/Shell/Esso

1971

Lennox - Douglas

32.1

355.6

Crude Oil

BHP Petroleum

1996

Lennox - Douglas

32.1

406.4

Associated Gas

BHP Petroleum

1996

Little Dotty - Della ‘T’

2.5

203

Natural Gas

Phillips

1997

Lomond - CATS(7) Riser

57.8

219.1

Condensate

Amoco

1993

Lomond - CATS(7) Riser

57.8

508

Associated Gas

Amoco

1993

Lyell - Ninian

15

219.1

Crude Oil

Conoco

1993

Lyell - Ninian

15

323.9

Crude Oil

Conoco

1993

Macculloch - Piper B

35.5

273.1

Crude Oil

Elf Enterprise

1997

Magnus - Brent

79.2

508

Associated Gas

BP

1984

(NLGP)(8) Magnus - Ninian

92.1

610

Crude Oil

BP

1983

Malory - Galahad "T"

8.481

273.1

Natural Gas

Mobil

1998

Markham - Median Line

2.5

323.9

Natural Gas

LASMO

1994

Marnock - CATS2

14.5

406.4

Associated Gas

BP

1998

Marnock - Forties Unity

75.5

609.6

Crude Oil

BP

1998

Marnock - Machar

35.5

406.4

Crude Oil

BP

1998

Marnock - Mungo

22.5

406.4

Associated Gas

BP

1998

Marnock - Mungo

22.5

323.9

Crude Oil

BP

1998

Marnock - Mungo

22.5

219.1

Associated Gas

BP

1999

Mercury - Neptune

26.3

273.1

Natural Gas

BG Exp. & Prod.

1999

Merlin - Dunlin

7

219.1

Crude Oil

Shell

1997

Miller - Brae A

8

457

Crude Oil

Britoil

1992

Miller - St Fergus

240

762

Associated Gas

Britoil

1992

Millom East - Nth Morcambe

8.7

323.9

Natural Gas

Hydrocarbon Res. Ltd

1999

Moira - Maureen*

10

168.3

Crude Oil

Phillips

1990

Montrose - Forties

46.7

355.6

Crude Oil

Amoco

1984

S Morecambe - Westfield Point

37.7

914

Natural Gas

British Gas

1984

Murchison - Dunlin

18.8

406.4

Crude Oil

Conoco

1980

Murchison - NLGP(8)

2.6

168.3

Associated Gas

BP

1984

Murdoch - Theddlethorpe

180

660

Natural Gas

Conoco

1993

Nelson - Forties

25

508

Crude Oil

Shell

1994

Nelson - Fulmar Tee

47.8

273.1

Associated Gas

Shell

1994

Neptune - Cleeton

7.1

406.4

Natural Gas

BG Exp. & Prod

1999

Ness - Beryl B*

7.3

168.3

Crude Oil

Mobil

1987

Ness - Beryl B*

7.5

168.3

Crude Oil

Mobil

1989

Ness - Beryl B

7.2

168.3

Crude Oil

Mobil

1990

Ness - Beryl B

7.9

168.3

Crude Oil

Mobil

1992

Newsham -West Sole

5.8

219.1

Natural Gas

BP

1996

Ninian - Brent A

25.4

406.4

Associated Gas

Texaco

1994

Ninian - Sullom Voe

169

914

Crude Oil

BP

1978

Ninian - WL(4)

17.7

273.1

Associated Gas

Chevron

1982

Ninian ‘T’ - Hutton TLP

8.6

220

Associated Gas

Kerr McGee

1997

N Morecambe - Walney Island

31

914

Natural Gas

British Gas

1994

NW Bell - Bessemer

9.3

168.3

Natural Gas

BP Amoco

1999

NW Bell - Callisto

0.08

219.1

Natural Gas

Conoco

1999

Orion - Clyde

15.4

273

Crude Oil

Talisman

1999

Orwell - Thames

33.9

406.4

Natural Gas

Arco

1993

Osprey - Dunlin

6.5

219.1

Crude Oil

Shell

1991

Osprey - Dunlin

6.5

219.1

Crude Oil

Shell

1991

Pelican - Cormorant A

8.7

219.1

Crude Oil

Shell

1996

Pelican - Cormorant A

8.7

219.1

Crude Oil

Shell

1996

Pickerill - Theddlethorpe

63.2

610

Natural Gas

Arco

1992

Piper - Chanter

11

168.3

Crude Oil

Elf

1989

Piper - Claymore

36.2

406.4

Associated Gas

Elf

1978

Piper - Flotta

209.2

762

Crude Oil

Elf

1976

Piper - Frigg (MCP-01)(9)

52.9

457

Associated Gas

Elf

1978

Piper B - Claymore tie-in

2

406.4

Associated Gas

Elf

1993

Piper B - Claymore tie-in

53.4

762

Crude Oil

Elf

1993

Portnaughan Bay - Castle Robin (SNIP)(12)

40.4

610

Natural Gas

Premier Transco

1996

Ravenspurn N - Cleeton

25.7

610

Natural Gas

BHP Petroleum

1990

Ravenspurn S - Cleeton

20.8

406.4

Natural Gas

BP

1988

Renee - AH001

21.6

219.1

Crude Oil

Phillips

1999

Renee - AH001

21.6

219.1

Crude Oil

Phillips

1999

Rob Roy - Claymore

40.9

355.6

Crude Oil

Amerada Hess

1989

Rob Roy - Tartan

23.2

219.1

Associated Gas

Amerada Hess

1989

Rough - Easington*

29.6

406.4

Natural Gas

Bntish Gas(10)

1975

Rough - Easington

29.9

914

Natural Gas

British Gas

1984

Rubie - Renee

6

219.1

Crude Oil

Phillips

1999

Saltire A - Piper B

6.6

273.1

Crude Oil

Elf

1993

Saltire A - Piper B

6.6

406.4

Associated Gas

Elf

1993

Shearwater - Bacton

473.1

863.6

Natural Gas

Elf

1999

Schooner - Murdoch

28.6

406.4

Natural Gas

Shell

1996

Scott - Beryl A/St. Fergus

16

273.1

Associated Gas

Amerada Hess

1993

Scott - Forties

76

610

Crude Oil

Amerada Hess

1993

Scott - Central Telford

9.8

219.1

Crude Oil

Amerada Hess

1997

Scott - Central Telford

9.8

219.1

Crude Oil

Amerda Hess

1997

Scott - Telford

9.8

219.1

Crude Oil

Amerada Hess

1996

Scott - Telford

9.8

219.1

Crude Oil

Amerada Hess

1996

Sean - Bacton

106

762

Natural Gas

Shell

1986

Sedgwick - West Brae

2.3

168.3

Crude Oil

Marathon

1997

Statfjord - NLGP(8)

10.2

60.3

Associated Gas

BP

1985

Strathspey - Ninian

15.5

219.1

Crude Oil

Texaco

1993

Strathspey - Ninian

16.6

273.1

Crude Oil

Texaco

1993

Strathspey - Ninian

15.6

219.1

Natural Gas

Texaco

1993

Strathspey - Ninian

15.7

219.1

Associated Gas

Texaco

1993

Tartan - Claymore

27.4

610

Crude Oil

Texaco

1980

Tartan - Petronella

10.4

219.1

Crude Oil

Texaco

1986

Tartan - Piper

19.3

457

Associated Gas

Texaco

1983

Tern - N Cormorant

13

219.1

Associated Gas

Shell

1989

Tern - N Cormorant

13

406.4

Crude Oil

Shell

1989

Thames - Bacton

89.4

610

Natural Gas

Arco

1986

Thames - Bure

9.3

219.1

Natural Gas

Arco

1986

Thames - Yare

9.3

219.1

Natural Gas

Arco

1986

Thelma - Tiffany

11.8

107.9

Crude Oil

Agip

1996

Thelma - Tiffany

11.8

144.9

Crude Oil

Agip

1996

Thistle - Dunlin

10.6

406.4

Crude Oil

Britoil

1978

Thistle - NLGP(8)

9

168.3

Associated Gas

BP

1984

Tiffany - Brae A/Brae B

36.4

273.1

Natural Gas

Agip

1994

Tiffany - Brae A/Forties

4

323.9

Crude Oil

Agip

1993

Tyne - Trent

5.6

508

Natural Gas

Arco

1996

Trent - Eagles

1

609.6

Natural Gas

Arco

1996

N Valiant - Theddlethorpe (LOGGS)(1)

118.7

914

Natural Gas

Conoco

1988

UK - lrish Gas Interconnector section in UK waters

31.4

610

Natural Gas

BGE

1993

S Valiant - N Valiant

10.9

273.1

Natural Gas

Conoco

1988

Vampire - LOGGS(1)

8.9

323.9

Natural Gas

Conoco

1999

Vanguard - N Valiant

7.8

273.1

Natural Gas

Conoco

1988

Victor - Viking

13.5

406.4

Natural Gas

Conoco

1984

Viking - Mablethorpe

139.2

711

Natural Gas

Conoco

1971

Viking KD - Viking BD

13.61

406.4

Natural Gas

Conoco

1998

Viking LD - Tee on PL 1571

0.1

406.4

Natural Gas

Conoco

1998

Vulcan - N Valiant

16.4

457

Natural Gas

Conoco

1988

Vulcan - N Valiant

16.4

88.9

Natural Gas

Conoco

1988

Welland - Thames

17.3

406.4

Natural Gas

Arco

1990

W Sole - Easington

67.6

406.4

Natural Gas

BP

1967

W Sole - Easington

70

610

Natural Gas

BP

1982

Windermere - ST-1(13)

6.8

219.1

Natural Gas

Wintershall

1997

Authorised but awaiting commissioning/under construction 

Franklin WHP - Elgin PUQ

5.5

314.4

Gas & Condensate

Elf

 

Franklin WHP - Elgin PUQ

5

314.4

Gas & Condensate

Elf

 

Elgin - ETAP(14) Wye

38

617.7

Condensate

Elf

 

Operating Pipelines Length in Kilometres by Pipe Diameter

Diameter

914

864

813

762

711

660

610

508

457

406.4

355.6

323.9

304.5

273.1

219.1

168.3 <168.3

 Total

Material Conveyed

Crude Oil

495.7

354.0

0.0

428.7

0.0

0.0

613.8

55.2

8.0

317.5

150.2

205.1

44.6

251.7

501

66.3

23.6

3515.4

Associated Gas 

854.2

0.0

0.0

588.0

0.0

0.0

111.0

497.0

86.8

197.9

0.0

41

0

103.5

150

58.2

12.4

2700

Natural Gas

275.4

473.1

713.6

490.2

324.5

180.0

393.7

212.6

61.6

324.66

41.6

222.5

0

110.68

57.38

10.5

16.4

3908.42

Condensate

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

14.8

30.1

107.4

0.0

0

24.6

118.58

10.7

0.0

306.18

Total

1625.3

827.1

713.6

1506.9

324.5

180.0

1118.5

764.8

171.2

870.16

299.2

468.8

44.6

490.48

826.96

145.7

52.4

10430.2

(1) LOGGS: Lincolnshire Offshore Gas Gathering System.
(2) SAGE: Scottish Area Gas Evacuation.
(3) FLAGS: Far North Liquids and Gas System.
(4) WL: Western Leg.
(5) This 914mm crude oil line replaced an 813mm crude oil line which has been decommissioned.
(6) TLP: Tension leg Platform.
(7) CATS: Central Area Transmission System.
(8) NLGP: Northern Leg Gas Pipeline.
(9) MCP-O1: Compression booster platform, midway along the Frigg pipelines.
(10) Amoco was operator of the Rough-Easington pipeline during the early years of the Rough field but sold its interests to British Gas to allow them to proceed with their plans to convert this field to a storage reservoir.
(11) SNIP: Scotland - Northern Ireland Pipeline
(12) LASMO will become nominated operator once pipeline is commissioned
(13) ETAP - Eastern Trough Area Project
(14) Replacement Flowlines (constructed and authorised as part of a redevelopment programme)
* Flowlines that have been mothballed/no longer in use

Title | Table of Contents
Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5
Appendix 1 | Appendix 2 | Appendix 3 | Appendix 4 | Appendix 5 | Appendix 6 | Appendix 7 | Appendix 8 | Appendix 9
Appendix 10 | Appendix 11 | Appendix 12 | Appendix 13 | Appendix 14 | Appendix 15 | Appendix 16
Index Map | Plate 1 | Plate 2W | Plate 2E | Plate 3W | Plate 3E | Plate 4W | Plate 4E | Plate 5W | Plate 5E | Plate 6
Plate 7 | Plate 8W | Plate 8E | Plate 9W | Plate 9E | Plate 10W | Plate 10E | Plate 11 | Plate 12 | Legend
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