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Sullom Voe Terminal
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Sullom Voe Terminal in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Sullom Voe Terminal is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, 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 Sullom Voe Terminal is an oil and gas terminal at Sullom Voe in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. It handles production from oilfields in the North Sea and East Shetland Basin and stores oil before it is transported by tanker.
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Background
Architecture
When Shetland was identified as a location to provide pipeline terminal and support facilities for offshore oil installations in the northern North Sea, corporations involved had expected to each build their own terminal facilities. However, wishing to minimize the negative impacts of the industry, the Shetland Islands Council, with power granted to it by the UK Parliament in the 1974 Zetland County Council Act, was able to contain all pipeline terminal facilities at the Sullom Voe site. Sullom Voe Terminal was built between 1975 and 1981. 6,000 people were employed during construction. They were housed in temporary accommodation, including the former car ferry . The first oil was received…
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- Coordinates
- 60.4667, -1.2750
- District
- Shetland Islands
- Postcode
- ZE2 9TU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
Sources
- wikidata: Q3503500 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Sullom Voe Terminal (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is Sullom Voe Terminal?
- Sullom Voe Terminal is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode ZE2 9TU).
- What is Sullom Voe Terminal?
- Sullom Voe Terminal in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Sullom Voe Terminal?
- Drivers can use postcode ZE2 9TU.
- How do I get to Sullom Voe Terminal?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode ZE2 9TU. It sits within the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency.