Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 2506

The Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 37) Order 1989

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1989 No. 2506

PIPE-LINES

The Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 37) Order 1989

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 33(2) and (3) of the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975^[1]and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after giving those persons affected an opportunity of being heard with respect to the matter, hereby makes the following Order:—

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 37) Order 1989, and shall come into force on 19th January 1990.

    2.    In this Order —
"the Act" means the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975;
"Thistle A" means the offshore installation known as the Thistle A Platform which is situated above the Thistle oilfield, north-east of the Shetland Islands;
"Dunlin A" means the offshore installation known as the Dunlin A Platform which is situated above the Dunlin oilfield, north-east of the Shetland Islands;
"Cormorant A" means the offshore installation known as the Cormorant A Platform which is situated above the South Cormorant oilfield, north-east of the Shetland Islands;
"the Thistle SALM" means the single anchor leg mooring which is situated above the Thistle oilfield, north-east of the Shetland Islands;
"the Thistle to Dunlin pipe-line" means the 16 inch nominal diameter pipe brought into use on the 5th December 1978, which lies between Thistle A and Dunlin A and the apparatus and works associated therewith;
"the Thistle to Thistle SALM pipe-line" means the two 16 inch nominal diameter pipes brought into use on the 11th Feburary 1978, which lie between Thistle A and the Thistle SALM and the apparatus and works associated therewith;
"the riser" means that section of the Thistle to Dunlin pipe-line which connects Dunlin A to that section of the pipe-line which lies in, or in close proximity to, the sea-bed and which extends outwards from Dunlin A;
"the platform apparatus" means apparatus and works of a kind specified in paragraph (a), (aa), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of section 33(1) of the Act^[2]which is part of the Thistle to Dunlin pipe-line and is attached to Dunlin A;
"the bypass pipe-line" means the 16 nominal diameter pipe, together with the apparatus and works associated therewith, brought into use on the 5th December 1978, which lies between the Thistle to Dunlin pipe-line and the pipe-line which extends between Dunlin A and Cormorant A.

    3.    For the purposes of Part III of the Act, except section 33(2), the riser and the platform apparatus shall together be treated as a single pipe-line, and the remainder of the Thistle to Dunlin pipe-line shall be treated as a separate pipe-line.

    4.    For the purposes of Part III of the Act, the persons specified in Part I of the Schedule hereto are hereby designated as owners of the Thistle to Dunlin pipe-line and the Thistle to Thistle SALM pipe-line and the persons specified in Part II of the Schedule hereto are hereby designated as ownes of the riser, the platform apparatus and the bypass pipe-line.

Peter Morrison

Minister of State, Department of Energy

22nd December 1989

[1] 1975 c. 74 back

[2] Section 33(1) was amended by the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c. 23), section 25(1). back

Explanatory Note