RE: Interesting Article by Peter Styles in Drill or Drop11 Nov 2019 07:27
Perhaps someone should tell those worried that they have been carrying out High Pressure Hydraulic Fracking at Wytch Farm for years in the Offshore Sherwood layer at about 1600m and only a few miles from some of the richest property spots in England. I don't hear 'arry moaning about e'rthquakes or crinklies falling over with the tremors. You would think with 13 Sherwood Injectors something would have been felt in all the years it has been running.
Why owning a pipeline is not such a good idea.
Mason, R. 2011. 2011. "BP Shuts UK Field after Oil Leaks. Article by Rowena Mason, Thursday, 27th January 2011. The Telegraph Newspaper. Available online. With a photograph of pumps, from Alamy, and the caption: Wytch Farm has not been producing its 25,000 barrels a day since November (2010).
[A similar report was in several other newspapers; eg. see Daily Echo, Bournemouth Echo, 28th January 2011.]
Example extracts:
"The oil giant (BP) launched a review of all its pipelines at the Wytch Farm site following the incident - less than a year since its Gulf of Mexico oil leak put the company's health and safety record under scrutiny. Wytch Farm has not been producing its 25,000 barrels per day since November and the pipeline where the leak was discovered has been undergoing maintenance ever since. Robots have been sent down into all its pipes at the site to check their condition. BP did not release any public statements at the time of the leak but on Wednesday told The Telegraph that the move to shut down the field was due to "extreme caution" because of the US spill."
"BP has suffered an oil leak in the Dorset countryside late last year, causing much concern that its biggest onshore field had been shut down for the past two months.....
The oil giant launched a review of all its pipelines at the Wytch Farm site following the incident - less than a year since its Gulf of Mexico oil leak put the company's health and safety record under scrutiny. Wytch Farm has not been producing its 25,000 barrels per day since November and the pipeline where the leak was discovered has been undergoing maintenance ever since. Robots have been sent down into all its pipes at the site to check their condition. ..........
A BP spokesman said: ' ........ It was noticed when somebody observed a small amount of oil, from a pipeline encased in concrete and sand, had risen to the surface of the sand. We've replaced that section of pipe and as a precaution we are inspecting all the key pipeline down there.'
....... The Dorset leak occurred just before warnings from the Health and Safety Executive in December about corrosion [re offshore rigs]. The HSE told companies that they had become so focussed on preventing major offshore incidents that "they are neglecting general maintenance" of their oil and gas installations.
... see the full article online: search for Telegraph, Wytch Farm Oilfield.
The oilfied was shut down for about 3 months. Shortly afterwards it was sold to
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