CATS Central Area Transmission System Gas Pipeline

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Summary Information

  • Source: Everest Oil and Gas Field in the Central North Sea
  • Destination: Teesside
  • Ownership: BG Group, BP, Eni, Conoco Phillips, Total
  • Website: https://www.catspipeline.com/
  • Length: 404 kilometre (223 mile)
  • Capacity: 48 million Standard cubic meters (1.7 billion Standard cubic feet) of Natural Gas per day
  • Status: Operating

+++ Details

  • CATS is the Central Area Transmission System, which delivers 12% of the UK's Gas demand through a 404 kilometre (223 mile) pipeline from the Central North Sea to the Teesside Gas Processing Plant TGPP on the North East coast of England.

++++ Related Oil and Gas Fields

+++ Contractors

  • **McDermott-ETPM:** Pipeline construction
  • **Serimax:** Welding

+++ History

  • 1993 - CATS became operational
  • 2007 - A large vessel dragged its anchor causing damage to the pipeline
  • 2011 - BP & BG Group acquired Hess stake, preempting a deal with SSE

+++ Other Information

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+++ Links

  1. Penspen Pipeline References
  2. Serimax Pipeline References
  3. Hess Reaches Agreement for Sale of UK Gas Assets
  4. CATS Pipeline System Repair Completed
  5. Update: Acquisition of upstream gas assets