Fulmar Gas Line

Fulmar Gas Line
Location
Country	United Kingdom
General direction	east–west
From	Fulmar oilfield
Passes through	North Sea
To	St Fergus
General information
Type	natural gas
Partners	Royal Dutch Shell ExxonMobil
Commissioned	1986
Technical information
Length	290 km (180 mi)
Maximum discharge	4.4 billion m^3 per year

The Fulmar Gas Line is a natural gas pipeline, which transports natural gas from the Central North Sea to St Fergus, Scotland. Originally, the pipeline carried natural gas from Fulmar and Clyde fields. Later also other fields in the Central North Sea, such as Kittiwake, Gannet, Nelson, Anasuria, Curlew, and Triton were connected to the pipeline.^[1]

The length of the pipeline is 290 kilometres (180 mi) and diameter is 20 inches (510 mm).^[1] It has capacity of 4.4 billion cubic metres (160×10⁹ cu ft) wet natural gas per year.^[2] The pipeline commenced operation in May 1986. It is owned and operated by Shell U.K. Limited and Esso Exploration and Production UK Limited.^[2]

References

1. Collins, Alan; Field, Graham. "Shell Expro's Plant Optimisation and Systems Management Project" (PDF). Energy Solutions International. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
2. "Fulmar Gas Line" (PDF). Shell U.K. Limited. Retrieved 2009-11-18.