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Robotic Hydrodemolition in Folkestone, UK. Hydrodemolition of concrete exposing the rebar.. Hydrodemolition (also known as hydro demolition, hydroblasting, hydro blasting, hydromilling, waterblasting, and waterjetting) is a concrete removal technique which utilizes high-pressure water, often containing an abrasive material, to remove deteriorated and sound concrete as well as asphalt and grout.
The oil and gas industry in the United Kingdom produced 1.42 million BOE per day [4] in 2014, of which 59% [4] was oil/liquids. In 2013 the UK consumed 1.508 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil and 2.735 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas, [5] so is now an importer of hydrocarbons having been a significant exporter in the 1980s and 1990s.
Pages in category "Oil and gas companies of the United Kingdom" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
UK oil refineries 1938 Company Plant Year completed Capacity in 1937/8, tonnes per year Esso Petroleum Co Ltd Fawley, Hampshire 1921 700,000 Shell Stanlow, Cheshire 1924 750,000 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co/ Shell UK Ltd Shell Haven, Essex 1916 800,000 London and Thames Haven Oil Wharves Ltd Shell Haven, Essex 1921 400,000 Cory Brothers Ltd
Oil storage tanks at Fawley. Fawley refinery processes around 270,000 barrels (43,000 m 3) of crude oil a day and provides 20 per cent of the UK's refinery capacity. [1] Crude oil is transported by sea in tankers to the refinery's one-mile-long (1,600 m) marine terminal, which handles around 2,000 ship movements and 22 million tonnes of crude oil and other products every year. [8]
In the mid-1970s there was a £45 million expansion of the plant to take its processing output to 130,000 barrels per day (21,000 m 3 /d). At this time, around a third of the oil it processed came from the North Sea. It was the first refinery to receive oil from British National Oil Corporation's Thistle field on 15 April 1978.
Wytch Farm is an oil field and processing facility in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England.It is the largest onshore oil field in Western Europe. [1] The facility, taken over by Perenco in 2011, was previously operated by BP.
The onshore oil and gas resources in the United Kingdom are located in a number of provinces corresponding to prospective sedimentary basins. Provinces and Basins (from south to north) include the Wessex-Channel Basin, Weald Basin, Worcester Basin, Cheshire Basin, East Midlands Province, West Lancashire Basin, NE England Province, Northumberland-Solway Basin, Midland Valley of Scotland, and ...