The Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 37) Order 1989

Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 2506

PIPE-LINES

The Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 37) Order 1989

Made

22nd December 1989

Coming into force

19th January 1990

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 33(2) and (3) of the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975(1)and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after giving those persons affected an opportunity of being heard with respect to the matter, hereby makes the following Order:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 37) Order 1989, and shall come into force on 19th January 1990.

2.  In this Order —

“the Act” means the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975;

“Thistle A” means the offshore installation known as the Thistle A Platform which is situated above the Thistle oilfield, north-east of the Shetland Islands;

“Dunlin A” means the offshore installation known as the Dunlin A Platform which is situated above the Dunlin oilfield, north-east of the Shetland Islands;

“Cormorant A” means the offshore installation known as the Cormorant A Platform which is situated above the South Cormorant oilfield, north-east of the Shetland Islands;

“the Thistle SALM” means the single anchor leg mooring which is situated above the Thistle oilfield, north-east of the Shetland Islands;

“the Thistle to Dunlin pipe-line” means the 16 inch nominal diameter pipe brought into use on the 5th December 1978, which lies between Thistle A and Dunlin A and the apparatus and works associated therewith;

“the Thistle to Thistle SALM pipe-line” means the two 16 inch nominal diameter pipes brought into use on the 11th Feburary 1978, which lie between Thistle A and the Thistle SALM and the apparatus and works associated therewith;

“the riser” means that section of the Thistle to Dunlin pipe-line which connects Dunlin A to that section of the pipe-line which lies in, or in close proximity to, the sea-bed and which extends outwards from Dunlin A;

“the platform apparatus” means apparatus and works of a kind specified in paragraph (a), (aa), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of section 33(1) of the Act(2)which is part of the Thistle to Dunlin pipe-line and is attached to Dunlin A;

“the bypass pipe-line” means the 16 nominal diameter pipe, together with the apparatus and works associated therewith, brought into use on the 5th December 1978, which lies between the Thistle to Dunlin pipe-line and the pipe-line which extends between Dunlin A and Cormorant A.

3.  For the purposes of Part III of the Act, except section 33(2), the riser and the platform apparatus shall together be treated as a single pipe-line, and the remainder of the Thistle to Dunlin pipe-line shall be treated as a separate pipe-line.

4.  For the purposes of Part III of the Act, the persons specified in Part I of the Schedule hereto are hereby designated as owners of the Thistle to Dunlin pipe-line and the Thistle to Thistle SALM pipe-line and the persons specified in Part II of the Schedule hereto are hereby designated as ownes of the riser, the platform apparatus and the bypass pipe-line.

Peter Morrison

Minister of State,

Department of Energy

22nd December 1989

Article 4

SCHEDULE

PART I DESIGNATED OWNERS OF THE THISTLE TO DUNLIN PIPE-LINE AND THE THISTLE TO THISTLE SALM PIPE-LINE

• ARCO British Ltd., whose principal place of business in the United Kingdom is at ARCO House, 48 Grosvenor Street, London, W1X 0AN.

• Britoil plc., whose registered office is at 301 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5DD.

• Britoil (Alpha) Ltd., whose registered office is at Britannic House, Moor Lane, London, EC2Y 9BU.

• Deminex U. K. Oil and Gas Ltd., whose registered office is at Bowater House, 68 Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7LD.

• Monument Exploration and Production Limited whose registered office is at 17 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JA.

• Premier Consolidated Oilfields p.l.c., whose registered office is at 25 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4EZ.

• Santa Fe Minerals (U.K.) Inc., whose principal place of business in the United Kingdom is at Parnell House, 19/28 Wilton Road, London, SW1V 1LZ.

• Ultramar Exploration Ltd., whose registered office is at 141 Moorgate, London, EC2M 6TX.

PART II DESIGNATED OWNERS OF THE RISER, PLATFORM APPARATUS AND THE BYPASS PIPE-LINE

• ARCO British Ltd., whose principal place of business in the United Kingdom is at ARCO House, 48 Grosvenor Street, London, W1X 0AN.

• Britoil plc., whose registered office is at 301 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5DD.

• Britoil (Alpha) Ltd., whose registered office is at Britannic House, Moor Lane, London, EC2Y 9BU.

• Chevron (U.K.) Limited, whose registered office is at 2 Portman Street, London, W1H 0AN.

• Chevron (U.K.) Offshore Exploration Company Limited whose registered office is at 2 Portman Street, London W1H 0AN.

• Conoco (U.K.) Ltd., whose registered office is at Park House, 116 Park Street, London, W1Y 4NN.

• Deminex U.K. Oil and Gas Ltd., whose registered office is at Bowater House, 68 Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7LD.

• Esso Exploration and Production UK Limited, whose registered office is at Esso House, Victoria Street, London, SW1E 5JW.

• Monument Exploration and Production Limited, whose registered office is at 17 Bedford Square London, WC1B 3JA.

• Premier Consolidated Oilfields p.l.c., whose registered office is at 25 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4EZ.

• Sante Fe Minerals (U.K.) Inc., whose principal place of business in the United Kingdom is at Parnell House, 19/28 Wilton Road, London, SW1V 1LZ.

• Shell U.K. Limited, whose registered office is at Shell-Mex House, Strand, London, WC2R 0DX.

• Ultramar Exploration Ltd., whose registered office is at 141 Moorgate, London EC2M 6TX.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates owners of pipe-lines which are situated above the Thistle and Dunlin oilfields, north-east of the Shetland Islands.

The companies listed in Part I of the Schedule are (except for the apparatus and works and the riser) designated as owners of the pipe-line which lies between the Thistle A Platform, an offshore installation situated above the Thistle oilfield, north-east of the Shetland Islands and the Dunlin A latform, an offshore installation situated above the Dunlin oilfield, north-east of the Shetland Islands and the two pipe-lines which lie between the Thistle A Platform and the Thistle SALM, a single anchor leg mooring, situated above the Thistle oilfield, north-east of the Shetland Islands.

The companies listed in Part II of the Schedule are designated as owners of the riser and apparatus and works which form part of the pipe-line which lies between the Thistle A Platform and the Dunlin A Platform and which are installed on or beneath the Dunlin A Platform, and the pipe-line known a the bypass which is situated above the Dunlin oilfield, north-east of the Shetland Islands and which lies between two pipe-lines.

(1)

1975 c. 74

(2)

Section 33(1) was amended by the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c. 23), section 25(1).