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Oil & Gas
Sullom Voe Oil Terminal
The terminal is situated at Calback Ness on a site of approximately 400 hectares (1,000 acres) on
the shores of Sullom Voe, 46km (29 miles) north of Lerwick. BP Exploration Operating Company
Ltd operates the terminal on behalf of companies participating in the regional pipeline groups. The
terminal has a throughput design capacity of 1.2 million barrels of crude oil per day and reached a
peak in 1984 with a total receipt of 439,434,656 barrels (58,328,785 tonnes), although throughput
has declined in recent years.
In 2013 BP announced plans for a £100m overhaul designed to extend the life of the terminal to
2040, in light of the 3bn Schiehallion development and the £4.5bn Clair Ridge project which will
utilise the terminal. It is expected that around 1,000 workers will be employed at the terminal over
the next eight years.
In 2013 BP also announced plans to build a £500m gas plant to “sweeten” gas coming from both
east and west of Shetland, taking out the hydrogen sulphide to make it ready for export via the
Magnus field.
Shetland Gas Plant
The Shetland Gas Processing plant is part of the Laggan-Tomore project that is being developed
by Total E&P UK and Dong E&P (UK). The project involves development of the Laggan and
Tomore gas/condensate fields and construction of a processing plant to treat the gas produced
from the fields. The plant will be operated by Total.
Work on the site began on 2010, with preparatory earthworks completed in 2011. This included
two peat stores to accommodate the 65,000 cubic metres of material excavated during the preconstruction
period. The main engineering, procurement and construction contractor Petrofac
took over the site in October 2011 to begin construction activities.
A large accommodation facility capable of housing 848 workers became operational in 2012.
This was then supplemented with barges and other accommodation in Shetland to house around
2,000 workers at the peak of the construction phase.
Once operational, the SGP will process and export produced gas and condensate carried ashore
from the fields via two 18” pipelines. It will be capable of processing up to 500 million standard
cubic feet of gas per day and employ around 70 people.
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