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Central Area Transmission System
Central Area Transmission System in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Central Area Transmission System is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Central Area Transmission System (known as CATS) is a natural gas transportation and processing system that transports natural gas through a 404 kilometre pipeline from the Central North Sea to a reception and processing terminal at Teesside in the North East of England.
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Background
History
Plans for the site began from the discovery of BP's Lomond field in May 1972. In addition, other fields were discovered in the Central Graben Area of the North Sea. The CATS pipeline was completed in 1993, receiving gas from two of Amoco's fields: Together with the development of the Everest and Lomond fields, the project, which included the construction of an offshore riser platform and pipeline, was one of the largest construction projects ever undertaken in the UK, second only to the Channel Tunnel at that time. Due to increased demand within the Central North Sea, the decision was taken to provide a processing service to future users of the CATS pipeline, enabling delivery of their gas…
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- Coordinates
- 54.6103, -1.1781
Sources
- wikidata: Q5060341 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Central Area Transmission System (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Central Area Transmission System?
- Central Area Transmission System is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6103°, -1.1781°.
- Who owns Central Area Transmission System?
- Central Area Transmission System is owned by Kellas Midstream Limited.