Flare Stacks at Sullom Voe Oil Terminal
Introduction
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Flare Stacks at Sullom Voe Oil Terminal
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 21 Sep 2018
The Sullom Voe Terminal handles production from oilfields in the North Sea and East Shetland Basin. It is not a refinery and stores oil before it is transported by tanker. The terminal was built between 1975 and 1981; Image] to the south re-opened in 1978 to support the building of the terminal which was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 9 May 1981 (although the site had been receiving oil from the Brent and Ninian pipelines since December 1978). Gas flaring at oil and gas production sites protects against the dangers of over-pressuring industrial plant equipment by burning off excess gases.
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Image Location
Latitude
60.461086
Longitude
-1.256378