PSA grants service extension for North Sea Ula pipeline
April 27, 2016
Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has approved BP Norge’s request to extend the operating life of the Ula oil export pipeline in the North Sea.
Offshore staff
OSLO, Norway – Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has approved BP Norge’s request to extend the operating life of the Ula oil export pipeline in the North Sea.
Oil is transported from theUla field, via the Ekofisk center to the southeast, to Teesside on the northeast English coast.
The 74-km (46-mi) export pipeline from Ula to Ekofisk was installed in 1984 and commissioned in 1986, with a planned operating life of 30 years.
