Sullom Voe Oil Terminal
Summary Information
- Ownership: BP
- Website: http://www.bp.com/
- Location: Sullom Voe, Shetland Islands
- Capacity:
- Crude Type: Brent
Brief Description
- One of the largest oil and gas terminals in Europe, BP’s Sullom Voe Terminal is entirely self-sufficient and handles oil and gas from more than 30 surrounding fields.
- It receives oil from the Brent and Ninian pipeline systems
- It has 16 crude oil storage tanks an oil and gas process plant and four jetties
- There are two operational stabilisation trains of respective capacity (bbls/day) 350,000, 410,000; and one retired (410,000 bbls.day)
Related Oil Fields
- The Brent system fields are Brent Oil Field, Cormorant Oil Field, Eider Oil Field, Thistle Oil Field
- The Ninian system fields are the Ninian Oil Field, Greater Alwyn Oil And Gas Fields, Heather Oil and Gas Field and Magnus Oil Field
- It recieves oil from the Clair Oil Field and oil from Clair Ridge Oil Field will be transported to Sullom Voe when the project comes onstream
- Oil from the Schiehallion Oil Field, is brought to Sullom Voe by shuttle tanker
Contractors
Ongoing Projects
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Other Information
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History
- 1978 - First Oil to Sullom Voe Terminal arrived
- 1982 - The fractionation plant comes on stream
- 1996 - Oryx acquired Chevron's share
- 1998 - First shipment of oil from the Schiehallion field
- 2002 - Dana acquired ENI's stake
- 2002 - CNRL acquired a share from Kerr-McGee
- 2005 - First oil from the Clair Field
- 2008 - TAQA acquired a 24% interest
Relevant Links
- Sullom Voe, BP
- Chevron Sells Selected North Sea Interests
- Eni Divests a Portfolio of Non-Core Assets in the Uk North Sea
- Canadian Natural Resources Limited To Acquire Additional North Sea Interests
- TAQA Completes Acquisition Of North Sea Assets From Shell And Esso
- Jacobs Receives Contract from BP in Scotland
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