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The GPSS was originally constructed between 1941 and 1944 and then extended after the war, most notably during the 1950s, 1970s and 1980s. [1] The first commercial pipeline to be constructed in the United Kingdom was built in 1959 by Shell-Mex and BP from the GPSS depot at Walton on Thames to Heathrow Airport.
The Forties pipeline system (FPS) is a major pipeline transport network in the North Sea. It is owned and operated by Ineos and carries 30% of the UK's oil, or about 550 thousand barrels per day (87 × 10 ^ 3 m 3 /d) of oil per day, to shore. [ 1 ]
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.
A non-exhaustive map of oil pipelines in Europe (2007) ... Dixie Pipeline: Enterprise Production Partners: ... List of oil refineries; Pipeline transport; References
Oil train near La Crosse, Wisconsin. Petroleum transport is the transportation of petroleum and derivatives such as gasoline . [1] Petroleum products are transported via rail cars, trucks, tanker vessels, and pipeline networks. The method used to move the petroleum products depends on the volume that is being moved and its destination.
HDPE pipeline on a mine site in Australia. A pipeline is a system of pipes for long-distance transportation of a liquid or gas, typically to a market area for consumption. The latest data from 2014 gives a total of slightly less than 2,175,000 miles (3,500,000 km) of pipeline in 120 countries around the world. [1]
In 1937/8 total refining oil capacity in the UK was 4.21 million tonnes per year, by 1954 this had increased to 26.64 million tonnes. [15] In the post-Second World War period several of the existing refineries were expanded and 3 new major oil refineries were built. [13] [14]
BBL Pipeline, for bi-directional transport between the Netherlands and England. ENAGAS Pipeline, Spanish pipeline. GIPL, from Poland to Lithuania. Interconnector (North Sea), for bi-directional transport between Bacton Gas Terminal, England and Zeebrugge, Belgium. Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria, for linking the Greek and Bulgarian gas networks.