Representation by INEOS UK SNS Limited (INEOS UK SNS Limited)
- Date submitted
- 8 December 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
INEOS UK SNS Limited is the operator and co-owner of the Breagh offshore natural gas field, its offshore platform and the connecting pipeline apparatus to bring gas onshore to Teesside for processing at the Teesside Gas Processing Plant and then onward sale. ONE-Dyas UK Limited is the other co-owner. The expectation is that extraction of natural gas from the platform will continue for at least another 15 years. The onshore pipeline is a Major Accident Hazard Pipeline. Teesside Gas & Liquids Processing acts as operator of the Breagh onshore pipeline and Duty Holder (via Px Limited) on behalf of the Breagh joint venture. Our significant number of land rights and interests in the area are recorded in NZT DCO 3.1. It is critical to consider the effect of the CPO on the onshore pipeline, a nationally significant asset that is integral to the UK's current and future energy security strategy, to ensure that the CPO does not put at risk safe and efficient operations. As currently drafted, the CPO could significantly affect the rights held by INEOS UK SNS Limited (and ONE-Dyas UK Limited) through the creation of new rights, with these new rights presenting potential commercial, regulatory and health and safety implications for the operation of the onshore pipeline. INEOS UK SNS Limited urges the project to engage on agreeing appropriate amendments to the CPO to protect our land rights in relation to the onshore pipeline. We note that the project has engaged with and agreed protective provisions with other land rights holders in the area.