Far North Liquids And Associated Gas System (Flags) Pipeline
Summary Information
- Source: Brent Oil Field
- Destination: St Fergus Gas Terminal, UK
- Ownership:
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- Length: kilometres ( miles)
- Capacity: per day
- Status: Operating
Details
- The FLAGS (Far North Liquids and Associated Gas System) pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in the North Sea. It is used to transport liquids and associated gas from a number of platforms including the four Brent platforms.
- Shell’s Brent Bravo is the pipeline’s starting point and it terminates at St Fergus, near Peterhead.
- Natural gas from the Norwegian Statfjord Oil and Gas Field is fed through the Tampen pipeline and Gjoa/Vega through the Gjoa pipeline, linking Norwegian and UK gas trunkline networks.
Related Oil and Gas Fields
- The FLAGs fields are Brent Oil Field, Cormorant Oil Field, Knarr Oil Field, Magnus Oil Field, Vega Gas And Condensate Field
History
- 1982 - The pipeline was commissioned
- 2007 - The Tampen Link gas pipeline connecting the Statfjord Oil and Gas Field entered operations
Other Information
- Tampen Link runs for 23.1 kilometres from the Statfjord Oil and Gas Field to a Flags tie-in
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