The Shetland Gas Plant is a
natural-gas processing
Natural-gas processing is a range of industrial processes designed to purify raw natural gas by removing impurities, contaminants and higher molecular mass hydrocarbons to produce what is known as ''pipeline quality'' dry natural gas. Natural gas ...
plant in the
Shetland Islands, Scotland.
History
The site is the collection point for the Laggan-Tormore project, involving two large gas fields. The Laggan gas field was discovered in 1986. The Tormore gas field was discovered in 2007. The plan for the site was approved in March 2010.
The site was formally opened by
Amber Rudd
Amber Augusta Rudd (born 1 August 1963) is a British former politician who served as Home Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2018 to 2019. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hastings and Rye, fir ...
on 16 May 2016.
Structure
The site is connected to the Shetland Islands Regional Gas Export Pipeline (SIRGE). The site was built by
Petrofac
Petrofac Limited is an international energy services company that designs, builds, manages and maintains oil, gas, refining, petrochemicals and renewable energy infrastructure. It is registered in Jersey (number 81792), with its main corporate off ...
's Offshore Engineering & Operations unit; Petrofac is a recent constituent of the
FTSE 100 Index.
Petrofac
/ref> The site and pipelines cost around £800m. The gas is exported from the site via a diameter pipe south to the Frigg UK System
The Frigg UK System is a natural gas transportation system from the North Sea gas fields to St. Fergus near Peterhead in Scotland. It transports natural gas from the Alwyn North, Dunbar, Ellon, Grant, Nuggets, Frigg, Bruce, Ross, Captain, Buzzard ...
in Aberdeenshire.
The site is next door, to the east, of the Sullom Voe Terminal
The Sullom Voe Terminal is an oil and gas terminal at Sullom Voe in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. It handles production from oilfields in the North Sea and East Shetland Basin and stores oil before it is transported by tanker.
Constructio ...
.
Operation
The Laggan and Tormore gas fields are around north-west of the Shetland Islands, in sea depths of . Production from the site began on 8 February 2016. The production from the Laggan-Tormore project is expected to be around 93,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.
See also
* 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 ...
* West of Shetland pipeline
The West of Shetland Pipeline (WOSP) is a pipeline system which transports natural gas from three offshore fields in the West of Shetland area to Sullom Voe Terminal in the Shetland Isles of Scotland.
West of Shetland area
The West of Shetland ...
* 2016 in Scotland
References
External links
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2016 establishments in Scotland
Buildings and structures in Shetland
Energy infrastructure completed in 2016
Natural gas infrastructure in the United Kingdom
Natural gas terminals
North Sea energy
Oil and gas industry in Shetland
Mainland, Shetland