Forties pipeline restarted after overnight shutdown
Ineos has confirmed it has restarted its Forties Pipeline system after the second shutdown in recent months.
Ineos has confirmed it has restarted its Forties Pipeline system after the second shutdown in recent months.
Energy giant Ineos said it intended to re-open the Forties pipeline overnight after it shut for the second time in recent months.
Britain’s economy is forecast to have held up in the fourth quarter, but some experts predict the unexpected shutdown of a major North Sea pipeline will drag on growth.
Scottish granite had a hand in the shutdown of the Forties pipeline in December, infrastructure owner Ineos was cited as saying in a news report.
Petrochemicals giant Ineos today confirmed the reorganisation of its oil and gas business.
The Scottish Government’s fracking ban is facing a legal challenge from petrochemical giant Ineos.
The National Trust has made a direct appeal to energy firm Ineos to drop its bid to carry out a fracking survey in protected parkland owned by the charity.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) confirms that inspectors looking into the Forties Pipeline System were “satisfied” with repair work carried out as the system becomes fully operational.
Nexen today became the latest company to confirm that production had restarted from its fields served by the Forties pipeline.
Road restrictions around a major North Sea pipeline have been lifted following the completion of work to repair a fault in the pipe.
Oil giant Shell has confirmed that it will undertake a phased increase in production within the "coming days" from its Shearwater and Nelson platforms now that the Forties pipeline has been mechanically repaired.
Forties pipeline operator Ineos has announced that it has started pressure testing on the structure.
Oil firm Siccar Point Energy has applied to the UK Government for permission to drill the Lyon well west of Shetland.
The North Sea oil and gas industry will have breathed a sigh of relief at yesterday's announcement that a crack in the Forties pipeline will be fixed "around Christmas".
Ineos have announced that the hairline crack which caused the Forties pipeline leak is currently stable and that they expect to have it repaired by Christmas.
Petrochemicals giant Ineos said today that it was making "steady progress" in its efforts to fix the Forties pipeline.
The loading of Forties crude cargoes are to be delayed by at least two weeks due to the shutdown of the Forties pipeline.
Petrochemicals giant Ineos said this morning that the small crack which shut down the Forties crude pipeline has stopped widening.
North Sea industry faces being left short by hundreds of millions of pounds for a period due to the closure of a key pipeline, an analyst has said.
Residents living close to the scene of the oil leak between Cookney and Netherley have faced delays since the cordon was put up last week.
The Forties pipeline shutdown will cause pain for oil producers, but consumers will still get their oil and gas, industry experts said yesterday.
Petrochemicals giant Ineos has provided a photograph of the site where work is being carried out to fix a crack in the Forties pipeline.
The North Sea is headed for a sweeping shutdown unless a small crack in a pipeline near Aberdeen can be fixed quickly, industry experts have said.
Petrochemicals giant Ineos said today that oil flow in the Forties pipeline will return to normal rates "through the weekend".
A number of residents have been evacuated from an area near Netherley, Aberdeenshire, after a leak was detected at the Forties pipeline.