Sullom Voe Oil Terminal

Summary Information

• Ownership: BP
• Website: http://www.bp.com/
• Location: Sullom Voe, Shetland Islands
• Capacity:
• Crude Type: Brent

+++ Brief Description

• One of the largest oil and gas terminals in Europe, BP’s Sullom Voe Terminal is entirely self-sufficient and handles oil and gas from more than 30 surrounding fields.
• It receives oil from the [[[Brent System Oil Pipeline | Brent]]] and [[[Ninian Crude Oil Pipeline | Ninian]]] pipeline systems
• It has 16 crude oil storage tanks an oil and gas process plant and four jetties
• There are two operational stabilisation trains of respective capacity (bbls/day) 350,000, 410,000; and one retired (410,000 bbls.day)

++++ Related Oil Fields

• The Brent system fields are [[[Brent Oil Field]]], [[[Cormorant Oil Field]]], [[[Eider Oil Field]]], [[[Thistle Oil Field]]]
• The Ninian system fields are the [[[Ninian Oil Field]]], [[[Greater Alwyn Oil And Gas Fields]]], [[[Heather Oil and Gas Field]]] and [[[Magnus Oil Field]]]
• It recieves oil from the [[[Clair Oil Field]]] and oil from [[[Clair Ridge Oil Field]]] will be transported to Sullom Voe when the project comes onstream
• Oil from the [[[Schiehallion Oil Field]]], is brought to Sullom Voe by shuttle tanker

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+++ Ongoing Projects

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+++ Other Information

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+++ History

• 1978 - First Oil to Sullom Voe Terminal arrived
• 1982 - The fractionation plant comes on stream
• 1996 - Oryx acquired Chevron's share
• 1998 - First shipment of oil from the Schiehallion field
• 2002 - Dana acquired ENI's stake
• 2002 - CNRL acquired a share from Kerr-McGee
• 2005 - First oil from the Clair Field
• 2008 - TAQA acquired a 24% interest
• 2022 - MOL agrees to sell its stake to Waldorf

Links

1. Sullom Voe, BP
2. Chevron Sells Selected North Sea Interests
3. Eni Divests a Portfolio of Non-Core Assets in the Uk North Sea
4. Canadian Natural Resources Limited To Acquire Additional North Sea Interests
5. TAQA Completes Acquisition Of North Sea Assets From Shell And Esso
6. Jacobs Receives Contract from BP in Scotland
7. MOL divests Upstream assets in the UK