St Fergus Gas Terminal
| St Fergus Gas Terminal | |
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 Location within Scotland
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| Alternative names | St Fergus |
| General information | |
| Type | Gas terminal |
| Location | St Fergus, AB42 3EP |
| Coordinates | 57°34′14″N 1°50′17″W / 57.57062°N 1.83803°W |
| Current tenants | Centrica Storage, Esso, Shell |
| Completed | September 1977 |
| Inaugurated | May 1978 |
| Owner | Total |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 220 acres (Total) |
The St Fergus Gas Terminal is a large gas terminal found near St Fergus, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The other main UK gas terminals are at Bacton, Norfolk and the Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire.
The plant was initially developed by British Gas (now National Grid) and Total Oil Marine. The three main plants have three main pipelines each coming ashore. The National Grid plant receives gas from the other main three plants. In total, St Fergus receives around 25% of the UK's gas.
The Total part of the refinery opened in September 1977 for the Frigg pipeline, with another section opening in 1978 for the Vesterled pipeline. The Queen opened this plant officially on May 9, 1978. Vesterled is owned by the Gassled partners.
The Shell plant opened in April 1982, being officially opened by Prince Charles in October 1982, taking gas from the Brent field, via the FLAGS pipeline. Gas came from the Fulmar field in July 1987, via the Fulmar Gas Pipeline, and from the Goldeneye field in October 2004.
This plant uses the SAGE pipeline from the Brae gas field. The plant also has two other main pipelines: Atlantic, Cromarty and the Britannia pipelines.
The purpose of the receiving plants are to clean the delivered gas and present the Methane content to the adjacent British Gas plant.
This is connected to the National Transmission System which transports to the rest of Scotland via Kirriemuir in Angus, then on to Bathgate in West Lothian.
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