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Flotta Oil Terminal
Flotta Oil Terminal in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 4 h–12 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Flotta Oil Terminal is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Flotta oil terminal is a major crude oil reception, processing, storage and export facility on the island of Flotta, in the south of Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. It receives and processes crude oil delivered by a subsea pipeline from the Piper, Claymore, Tartan and Golden Eagle platforms and associated fields. The terminal includes facilities for exporting stabilised crude oil (and formerly liquefied petroleum gases) by tanker.
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Background
History
The Piper oil field was discovered by the Occidental Group in January 1973 and the adjacent Claymore field in May 1974. Occidental considered a number of options for exporting oil from the planned installations, these included offshore loading and pipelines to shore. Nine potential onshore sites for the pipeline terminal were considered.
Description
Phase 1 of the development of the Flotta terminal included: The engineering, procurement and construction was undertaken by Bechtel International Limited. Turiff Taylor Tarmac was the general construction contractor. Motherwell Bridge Engineering was responsible for the crude oil storage tanks, LPG tanks, desalter tanks, flare system and firewater system. NATCO was responsible for design of the process equipment. Phase 1 of the Flotta terminal was complete by Christmas 1976 and oil processing operations started. Permission was granted to extend the plant (phase 2) in summer 1976 to accommodate the additional flow of crude oil exported from Claymore via the Piper to Flotta pipeline. Phase 2…
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- Coordinates
- 58.8375, -3.1203
- District
- Orkney Islands
- Postcode
- KW16 3NP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
- Established
- 1974
Sources
- wikidata: Q102115251 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Flotta oil terminal (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Flotta Oil Terminal?
- Flotta Oil Terminal is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode KW16 3NP).
- When was Flotta Oil Terminal built?
- Built or established in 1974.
- Who owns Flotta Oil Terminal?
- Flotta Oil Terminal is owned by Occidental (1974–1991), Elf Enterprises (1991–2000), Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited (since 2000).
- Is Flotta Oil Terminal free to visit?
- Yes, Flotta Oil Terminal is free to enter.
- How do I get to Flotta Oil Terminal?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode KW16 3NP. It sits within the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency.