Shetland Gas Plant

Shetland Gas Plant
Location within Shetland
Alternative names	SGP
General information
Type	Gas terminal
Location	Sullom Voe, ZE2 9UN
Coordinates	60°28′26″N 1°15′41″W / 60.474°N 1.2615°W / 60.474; -1.2615Coordinates: 60°28′26″N 1°15′41″W / 60.474°N 1.2615°W / 60.474; -1.2615
Completed	2016
Inaugurated	2016
Technical details
Floor area	133 acres (0.54 km²)

The Shetland Gas Plant is a natural-gas processing plant on the Shetland Islands

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 on 16 May 2016.^[1]

Structure

The site is connected to the Shetland Islands Regional Gas Export Pipeline (SIRGE). The site was built by Petrofac's Offshore Engineering & Operations unit; Petrofac is a recent constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.^[2] The site and pipelines cost around £800m. The gas is exported from the site via a 230km 30-inch diameter pipe south to the Frigg UK System in Aberdeenshire.

The site is next door, to the east, of the Sullom Voe Terminal.

Operation

The Laggan and Tormore gas fields are around 125km north-west of the Shetland Islands, in sea depths of 600 metres. 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.

References

External links

Offshore Technology

Energy in Scotland

Energy in the United Kingdom

Sectors

Companies and
organisations

Current	Aquamarine Power Community Energy Scotland EDF Energy European Marine Energy Centre FREDS National Grid Office for Nuclear Regulation Score Group SGN Scottish Government (Energy Department) Scottish Gas Scottish Power SSE Wood Group

Defunct	British Energy Pelamis Wave Power Scottish Hydro Electric Scottish Nuclear South of Scotland Electricity Board Wavegen

Active
power stations

Hydro-electric	Northern scheme Cruachan Breadalbane Tummel Foyers scheme Sloy-Awe scheme Galloway scheme Glendoe scheme Lanark scheme Kinlochewe-Talladale scheme

Nuclear	Hunterston B Torness

Oil and gas	Peterhead Lerwick

Wave	Islay LIMPET

Wind	Ardrossan Arecleoch Beatrice Beinn an Tuirc Black Law Braes of Doune Clyde Cruach Mhòr Crystal Rig Farr Hadyard Hill Hare Hill Pates Hill Whitelee

Other	Dundee Incinerator Greengairs Lerwick Incinerator Steven's Croft Westfield

Decommissioned
power stations

Coal	Barony (1980s) Braehead (1980s) Cockenzie (2013) Kincardine (1997) Longannet (2016) Methil (2000) Pinkston Portobello (1977) Yoker (1976)

Nuclear	Chapelcross (2004) Dounreay (1994) Hunterston A (1990)

Oil and gas	Inverkip (1988) Fife (2011)

Other

Category
Commons

Shetland

Inhabited islands	Mainland Bressay Burra (East / West) Fair Isle Fetlar Foula Muckle Roe North Isles Out Skerries Papa Stour Trondra Unst Vaila Whalsay Yell

Other islands	Balta Bigga Brother Isle Colsay Hascosay Hildasay Lamba Linga, Muckle Roe Linga, Yell Mousa Noss Oxna Papa Papa Little Samphrey South Havra Uyea, Northmavine Uyea, Unst Vementry West Linga

Towns and villages	Lerwick Aith Baltasound Brae Grutness Gutcher Haroldswick Mossbank Quarff Scalloway Symbister Toft Ulsta Uyeasound Vidlin Voe Walls

Mainland Parishes	Delting Dunrossness Lerwick Nesting Northmavine Sandsting Tingwall Walls and Sandness

Maritime features	Balta Sound Bluemull Sound Burra Voe Busta Voe Calder's Geo St Magnus Bay Sullom Voe West Voe of Sumburgh Yell Sound

Extreme points (N S E W)	Out Stack The Skerry, off Fair Isle Bound Skerry Waster Hoevda, Foula

Topics	Animal breeds Etymology History Prehistory

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