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Teesside oil terminal

Teesside oil terminal in England North East, United Kingdom.

Plan your visit

Typical visit
1 h–3 h
Best time of year
Summer (Jun–Aug)

About

Teesside oil terminal 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.

From the Wikipedia article

The Teesside oil terminal is a major crude oil reception, processing, storage and export facility at Seal Sands, Middlesbrough. It receives and processes crude oil delivered by the subsea NORPIPE pipeline from the Norwegian Ekofisk field and the UK Fulmar and J-Block fields. The terminal includes facilities for exporting stabilised crude oil and liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) by tanker and pipeline.

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Background

History

The Ekofisk field was commissioned in 1970 with gas from the field exported to Emden Germany and oil loaded into tankers offshore. In 1975 the 354-km Norpipe subsea pipeline was commissioned to transport oil from Ekofisk to Seal Sands Teesside UK. The Teesside oil terminal (54°37'05"N 1°10'37"W) was designed to treat this oil to a specification suitable for atmospheric storage and tanker transportation. It was also designed to process the associated natural gas liquids (NGL). A connection to Norpipe in the UK sector of the North Sea allowed UK fields to export oil to Teesside as they were commissioned. These included the Fulmar installation commissioned in 1982, and the Judy installation,…

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Coordinates
54.6181, -1.1769
Established
1975

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Teesside oil terminal?
Teesside oil terminal is in North-East England, United Kingdom.
When was Teesside oil terminal built?
Built or established in 1975.
Who owns Teesside oil terminal?
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