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Beatrice oilfield platforms in Moray Firth 17 April 2016
First discovered and developed by Mesa Petroleum, and named after Mesa's founder T Boone Pickens' wife, it covers an area of around 23km2. The oil is 2,100m below the sea bed and about 8,000 tonnes of oil has been produced each day. Operation of the Beatrice oil field was then transferred to Ithaca Energy who took over operations in 2008.
Beatrice oil is exported via a 16-inch pipeline from the A complex to a shore terminal at Nigg in the Cromarty Firth, where it is stored until tanker shipment.
The Beatrice field is nearing the end of its life and a two hundred turbine wind farm is being built on the site.
Beatrice oilfield platforms in Moray Firth 17 April 2016
First discovered and developed by Mesa Petroleum, and named after Mesa's founder T Boone Pickens' wife, it covers an area of around 23km2. The oil is 2,100m below the sea bed and about 8,000 tonnes of oil has been produced each day. Operation of the Beatrice oil field was then transferred to Ithaca Energy who took over operations in 2008.
Beatrice oil is exported via a 16-inch pipeline from the A complex to a shore terminal at Nigg in the Cromarty Firth, where it is stored until tanker shipment.
The Beatrice field is nearing the end of its life and a two hundred turbine wind farm is being built on the site.