dgbrit 258 Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Saw on the news you lot are running out of gas & having to buy it abroad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 I've just ordered a new TV and PC off the local rioters...because there's gonna be hell to pay in this country soon. Crap government policies are driving energy prices over the top...Still, a few thousand more dead pensioners will help reduce the benefits bill. As long as royalty and the establishment are nice and cosy though eh? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OLDACE 196 Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 It's quite true that most of the recoverable North Sea Gas has been tapped, but what is not in the news, is that most of the reserves are in the 'Atlantic Frontier' west of Shetland. Currently there are 8oo Petrofac workers up here, most living in a specially built camp, in the summer hundreds more are expected, these will live in a flotel. The managers are being put up in hotels. These men will be building a new gas separation plant at Sullom Voe. The French firm Total have discovered a huge gas field west of Shetland, they are building a pipeline from Sullom to St.Fergus on the N.E.Scottish coast, fron there the gas will be available to all of the U.K. The investment by Total in the plant and pipeline is in excess of £2 billion. There are more huge fields to be tapped out there in the Atlantic, oil as well as gas. New technology means that fields that used to be thought impossible to exploit are now coming on stream, both in the Atlantic Frontier and the North Sea. The local Shetland radio and newspaper have been talking about the second oil and gas boom for a couple of years now. You may have your own ideas why this apparently good news has not been mentioned in the mainstream media on the mainland. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Very informative post, confirming what I thought I'd read. Thanks very much, OLDACE. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dgbrit 258 Posted February 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 From what i can remember from the 70's North sea gas & Oil was going to last a 100 yrs & be almost free but about that time we had joined the EU & had to send it abroad for refining then it was sold back to the UK at a much higher price. Cant bellive they lied too us Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 If they feed it from a 15mm pipe, that should hike up the price of our free oil considerably. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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