The 'St. Fergus Gas Plant' in
St. Fergus,
Aberdeenshire,
Scotland, is a gas processing plant for the
FLAGS pipeline and the
Fulmar Gas Pipeline. It is operated by
Royal Dutch Shell. The purpose of the plant is to clean the delivered gas and present the
Methane content to the adjacent
British Gas plant.
The plant has a capacity of around 22.8 Mm scu m/d for the FLAGS line and 2.8 Mm scu m/d for the Fulmar Gas Line. It produces 18.19 Mm scu m/d of gas to the British Gas plant and exports 8,000 tonnes of liquid products to Mossmorran.
Ethane,
Propane and heavier products are separated and sent onward to a further plant located at
Mossmorran,
Fife, Scotland. Separation is by a
cryogenic process.
For the Fulmar Gas pipeline, a gas de-sulpherisation plant is used to remove
hydrogen sulphide and reduce the water content.
To prevent terrorism the site is protected 24 hours a day by armed police guards
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External links
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Goldeneye Gas Platform
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St Fergus Terminal website by Total