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The helicopter was normally based at Aberdeen Airport but had been based at Sumburgh Airport since 3 November 1986 to operate a shuttle service from the Brent oilfield in the East Shetland Basin. [1] On 6 November the first flight was delayed due to an oil leak from an engine gearbox that was soon rectified and the aircraft left Sumburgh at 08: ...
Shell initially named all of its UK oil fields after seabirds in alphabetical order by discovery – Auk, Brent, Cormorant, Dunlin, Eider, Fulmar and so on. Brent refers to the brent goose, and in turn gave its initials to the geologic subdivisions of the Middle Jurassic-age Brent Group that make up the field: Broom, Rannoch, Etive, Ness and Tarbert formations, with each name representing a ...
The Brent Spar oil storage buoy. Brent Spar, known as Brent "E", was a North Sea oil storage and tanker loading buoy in the Brent oilfield, operated by Shell UK.With the completion of a pipeline connection to the oil terminal at Sullom Voe in Shetland, the storage facility had continued in use, but by 1991, was considered to be of no further value.
The 1980s oil glut was a significant surplus of crude oil caused by falling demand following the 1970s energy crisis.The world price of oil had peaked in 1980 at over US$35 per barrel (equivalent to $129 per barrel in 2023 dollars, when adjusted for inflation); it fell in 1986 from $27 to below $10 ($75 to $28 in 2023 dollars).
After retiring from the Police, he worked for Shell UK as a security and external affairs advisor and led their response to the Greenpeace protests at the decommissioning of the Brent Spar oil facility in the North Sea. He was appointed CBE in the 1994 Birthday Honours. [1]
The company is currently modeling Brent to rebound to around $40 a barrel in 2021, a figure which was actually modeled four years ago.Related Links:Coronavirus, Oil Crash Are 'One-Two Punch' To ...
Oil prices fell again in overnight trading on Wednesday, with Brent falling to its lowest since 1999, amid a collapse in demand for everything from gasoline to jet fuel caused by the coronavirus ...
The Treasure Finder semi-submersible accommodation platform supported a number of offshore oil rigs and normally carried a group of four Bell 212 support helicopters for inter-rig transfers of passengers and freight and medical evacuation. [2] Treasure Finder also contained hospital facilities servicing the Brent oilfield. [3]