The Frigg UK System is a

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transportation system from the

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gas fields to St. Fergus near

Peterhead Peterhead (; gd, Ceann Phàdraig, sco, Peterheid ) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement (the city of Aberdeen itself not being a part of the district), with a population of 18,537 at the 2011 Census. ...

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. It transports natural gas from the Alwyn North, Dunbar, Ellon, Grant, Nuggets,

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, Bruce, Ross, Captain, Buzzard, Tartan,

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, Chanter, Galley, Hamish, Highlander, Ivanhoe, MacCulloch, Petronella, Saltire, and Rob Roy, fields.

History

Construction of the main pipeline, the Frigg UK pipeline, started in 1974 and was completed in 1977. It was built to transport natural gas from the Frigg gas field to the United Kingdom. Because of technical limitations, it was decided to build two parallel pipelines, one (the Frigg UK pipeline) by the United Kingdom and one by Norway (former Frigg Norwegian Pipeline, now

Vesterled Vesterled is a natural gas pipeline system, which runs from the Heimdal field ( Heimdal Riser platform) in the North Sea to St Fergus Gas Plant near Peterhead in Scotland. The name ''Vesterled'' is the term used by the Vikings for their westward ...

). Even in British waters, until 1998 both pipelines were in Norwegian jurisdiction.

Technical description

The system comprises the Frigg UK pipeline, Alwyn pipeline, other connection lines, and processing facilities at the

St Fergus Gas Terminal The St Fergus Gas Terminal is a large gas terminal found near St Fergus, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The other main UK gas terminals are at Bacton, Norfolk and the Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire. History The plant was initially developed by B ...

. The long Alwyn pipeline with diameter of connects Alwyn North Field with the Frigg Field's TP1 bypass spool. From the TP1 the long original Frigg UK Pipeline with diameter of runs to the St Fergus Gas Terminal, alongside of the Vesterled pipeline. An diameter pipeline connects Tartan and Piper fields with the Frigg UK Pipeline at the MCP-01 platform, northeast of

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

. The Frigg UK System is operated by Total E&P UK Ltd.

References

{{Reflist Buildings and structures completed in 1977 Economy of Scotland Energy infrastructure completed in 1977 Natural gas pipelines in the United Kingdom North Sea energy Norway–United Kingdom relations TotalEnergies Pipelines under the North Sea 1977 establishments in Scotland