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Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 752

PIPE-LINES

The Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 4) Order 1989

Made

28th April 1989

Coming into force

1st June 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. 4) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st June 1989.

2. In this Order-�

"the Act" means the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975;

"Leman BT" means the offshore installation known as the Leman 49/26 BT platform, which is situated above the Leman gasfield, east of the coast of Norfolk;

"the platform apparatus" means all of the 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 are part of the pipe-line and attached to Leman BT;

"the pipe-line" means so much of the 30 inch pipe-line brought into use during 1974 which lies between Leman BT and the terminal situated at Bacton in the county of Norfolk as is a controlled pipe-line; and

"the riser" means that section of the pipe-line which connects Leman BT to a section of the pipe-line lying in, or in close proximity to, the sea-bed and extending outwards from Leman BT.

3. For the purposes of Part III of the Act, except section 33(2), the platform apparatus and the riser shall together be treated as a pipe-line and the remainder of the 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 the owners of the platform apparatus and the riser, and the persons specified in Part II of the Schedule are hereby designated as the owners of the remainder of the pipe-line.

Peter Morrison

Minister of State,

Department of Energy

28th April 1989

Article 4

SCHEDULE

PART Idesignated owners of platform apparatus and riser

Esso Exploration and Production UK Ltd., whose registered office is at Esso House, Victoria Street, London SW1E 5JW.

Shell U.K. Ltd., whose registered office is at Shell-Mex House, Strand, London WC2R 0DX.

PART IIdesignated owners of remainder of pipe-line

Amerada Hess Ltd., whose registered office is at 2 Stephen Street, Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 1PL.

Amoco (U.K.) Exploration Company Ltd., whose principal place of business in the United Kingdom is at Amoco House, West Gate, Ealing, London W5 1XL.

ARCO British Ltd., whose principal place of business in the United Kingdom is at ARCO House, 48 Grosvenor Street, London W1X 0AN.

Canadian Superior Oil (U.K.) Ltd., whose principal place of business in the United Kingdom is at Mobil Court, Clements Inn, London WC2A 2EB.

Deminex UK Oil and Gas Ltd., whose registered office is at Bowater House, 68 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7LD.

Esso Exploration and Production UK Ltd., whose registered office is at Esso House, Victoria Street, London, SW1E 5JW.

Gas Council (Exploration) Ltd., whose registered office is at Rivermill House, 152 Grosvenor Road, London SW1V 3JL.

Mobil North Sea Ltd., whose registered office is at Mobil Court, 3 Clements Inn, London WC2A 2EB.

Shell U.K. Ltd., whose registered office is at Shell-Mex House, Strand, London WC2R 0DX.

Sun Oil Britain Ltd., whose registered office is at 90 Long Acre, London WC2E 9RG.

Superior Oil (U.K.) Ltd., whose principal place of business in the United Kingdom is at Mobil Court, 3 Clements Inn, London WC2A 2EB.

Texas Eastern North Sea Inc., whose principal place of business in the United Kingdom is at Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, London W1X 5LE.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates owners of the pipe-line which lies between the Leman 49/26BT platform, an offshore installation situated above the Leman gasfield east of the coast of Norfolk and the terminal at Bacton in Norfolk. The companies listed in Part I of the Schedule are designated as owners of the apparatus and works and the riser which are all part of the pipe-line and which are installed on or beneath the platform, and the companies listed in Part II of the Schedule are designated as owners of that part of the remainder of the pipe-line which lies in controlled waters, that is the territorial sea and areas designated under the Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29).

(2)

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


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