Flotta oil - gas terminal at dusk on the Orkney Isle SCO 5882
The Piper Field was discovered on UK North Sea Block 15/17 in January 1973. Shortly after the test of the first appraisal well at a combined rate of 32,000 barrels per day in March 1973, the search for a terminal to receive the oil was initiated. The Orkney island of Flotta was chosen from a short list of nine locations, and pipe was ordered for the 127 mile, 30 inch main oil line (MOL) The majority of the pipeline was laid in 1974 utilizing two conventional lay barges and two trench barges. A twin system of 36 inch deballast and 48 inch loading lines was laid to each of the two single point mooring towers which were being installed in Scapa Flow. A 36 inch effluent line was installed south of Flotta to disperse treated deballast water. The Claymore Field was discovered on Block 14/19 in May of 1974, and after several appraisal wells, plans were made to link the platform to the piper-Flotta trunkline. A seven mile, 30 inch spur line was laid between the Claymore Platform location and a TEE in Block 14/14 during 1975. A 22 mile, 16 inch gas line was laid between piper and Claymore during 1976 to provide means for injecting Piper gas into the Claymore producing formation.
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Location: Flotta Gas Terminal Orkney Highland Region Scotland UK
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
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