Title: Shell Project Mossmorran
Duration: 3:54 minutes
Description:
A short video of various workers at Shell talking about their natural gas plant at Mossmorran
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Bright, uplifting orchestral music
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Various shots of the Mossmorran plant showing different viewpoints of the plant against the green hills and blue sky.
[Mark Downes]
Production Coordinator
[Mark Downes]
Welcome to Shell’s natural gas and liquid plant, here at Mossmorran
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Scene shows workers walking on a pathway from the plant against the green fields and blue skies
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Scene of two workers speaking to each other with their backs to the camera
[Mark Downes]
We are a natural gas facility, processing gas from the North Sea to meet industry and domestic power needs.
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Shot of worker, close-up looking into the distance
Shot of worker talking on handheld transceiver, looking up with the plant blurred in the background
Shot of two workers having a conversation with each other
Close-up of worker speaking animatedly
[Mark Downes]
There is one facility, made up of two distinct plants
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Infographic of Britain with arrows coming out of two 2 red dots highlighted on Britain.
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FIFE Ethylene Plant: Exxon Mobil
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FIFE NGL Plant: Shell UK
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Shot of Mark Downes speaking to camera
[Mark Downes]
Come and have a look around
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Shell workers walking away from camera with the plant in the background. One is opening a gate.
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What do we do here?
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Shot of Craig Burnett talking directly to camera
[Craig Burnett]
Plant Manager
[Craig Burnett]
A mixture of gases that we receive at St. Fergus
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Infographic of Britain with arrows coming out of two 2 red dots highlighted on Britain.
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FIFE Ethylene Plant: Exxon Mobil
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FIFE NGL Plant: Shell UK
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NORTH SEA
[Craig Burnett]
…are produced in number of fields in the UK and Norwegian North Sea
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Shot of Mark Downes talking directly to camera
[Mark Downes]
The purpose of St Fergus is to extract the methane from the feed stock and that gets pumped directly into the National Grid, into the homes of the nation.
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Shot of Craig Burnett talking directly to camera
[Craig Burnett]
The remaining components of the gas travel back by pipeline to our plant
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Shot of the pipeline with a yellow highlight demonstrating the return of the remaining components to the plant
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Shot of the plant with animation of the chemical compounds
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ETHANE,
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PROPANE
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BUTANE
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NATURAL GASOLINE
[Craig Burnett]
We receive Ethane, Propane, Butane and Natural Gasoline. These gases are put into their component form.
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Shot of Mark Downes talking directly to camera
[Mark Downes]
Using heating and cooling mechanisms, we heat up the feed stock then different components boil off into their gassiest state
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Shot of the plant
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Shot of the plant
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Shot of the plant
[Mark Downes]
We provide key raw materials for a huge range of everyday products
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Hand squirting washing up liquid onto a sponge on a kitchen surface with saucepan blurred in the background.
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Detergent
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Shot of a wall of trainers in a shop
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Trainers
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Shot of an I.V drip
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Medical Equipment
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Shot of Craig Burnett talking directly to camera
[Craig Burnett]
The Propane and Butane are either shipped via our Braefoot Bay Terminal to go on to further refining
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Infographic of Britain
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Braefoot Bay Terminal
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FIFE NGL plant Shell UK
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Shot of lorry pulling around the side of road with fields in the background
[Craig Burnett]
…or via road transport network which go to off grid customers and end users
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Shot of lighthouse on the top of a hill looking out to sea
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Shot of saucepans boiling on a stove
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Shot of stove being lit
[Craig Burnett]
And our ethane is provided to the 5 ethalene plants
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Shot of plant
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Shot of plant
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Why is this so important to the UK’s energy system?
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Shot of workers walking towards camera
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Shot of workers walking towards camera
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Shot of a town at dusk – lots of houses with a river running through it and hills in the background
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The plant plays a critical role in the natural energy system as it enables a separation of methane which is fed into the National Grid at St. Fergus.
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Shot of remote hills and land
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The plant also directly supplies gas to homes and business off grid.
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Shot of the plant
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Shot of Craig Burnett talking directly to camera
[Craig Burnett]
Shell has a target to be a Net Zero emissions energy business by 2050 in step with society.
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Shot of blue sky with clouds
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NET ZERO 2050
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Shot of windmill turning against the blue sky
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Shot of plant
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Shot of plant
[Craig Burnett]
We realise our business plans need to change to make that happen
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Shot of Craig Burnett talking directly to camera
[Craig Burnett]
We recognize that society is transitioning away from fossil fuels. However 80 percent of Britain’s homes are still heated by natural gas
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Bird’s eye view of rows of houses
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Hand adjusting the thermostat on a radiator
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Close up shot of stove being lit
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Beach and town
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Shot of plant flaring
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What is flaring and why does that happen?
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Shot of Craig Burnett talking directly to camera
[Craig Burnett]
Shell has a target to be a Net Zero emissions energy business by 2050 in step with society.
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Shot of Vanessa Costa talking directly to camera
[Vanessa Costa]
Operations Engineer
[Vanessa Costa]
Here at FNGL, we have two different types of flares. We have the ground flare and we have the elevated flare as you can see behind me
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Shot of elevated flare against the green countryside and blue flare
[Vanessa Costa]
Think of flaring as a safety valve for the safe operation of the plant
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Shot of a safety valve
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Safety valve
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Shot of flaring burning into blue sky
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Shot of Vanessa Costa talking directly to camera
[Vanessa Costa]
This is a safe and controlled burning of gas that we cannot process
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Shot of plant against the countryside
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Occasional use of our elevated flare stack is required to run the plant safely and this is typically for hours rather than days
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Shot of plant against the countryside
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We aim to avoid and minimize flaring, and notify the community as we recognize this can be an inconvenience
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Shot of Vanessa Costa talking directly to camera
[Vanessa Costa]
All flaring activities are closely monitored and controlled via our central control room
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Shot of room with computers and screens monitoring the flaring
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Shot of a man sitting at desk in the control room
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Shot of Vanessa Costa talking directly to camera
[Vanessa Costa]
We notify community in advance with regards to planned events and as soon as possible during unplanned events
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Shot of 2 workers in conversation with the plant in the background
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Shot of worker looking at clipboard talking into walkie talkie.
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Shot of laptop with someone typing. Shell helmet is on the desk in the background
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Shot of Vanessa Costa looking towards her laptop
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Shot of windmill at plant through a window
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Shot of plant
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How clean and safe is the operation here?
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Shot of Claire Davidson talking directly to camera
[Claire Davidson]
Health, Safety, Security and Environment Lead
[Claire Davidson]
The plant operates under some of the highest safety and environmental regulations of any industry
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Shot of two workers with gloves and incubating tubes
[Claire Davidson]
The health and safety executor carry out regular inspections
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Shot of machines monitoring the numbers to adhere to inspection protocol
[Claire Davidson]
Our environmental performance is overseen by the Scottish Environment protection agency. Independent reviews continue to report the emissions from the plant pose no significant health risk to the local community
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Shot of two workers speaking to each other, one is with his back to the camera and the other one is laughing
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Shot of worker with helmet and safety glasses, looking up with the blue sky in the background
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Shot of the plant
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Shot of the Scottish flag blowing in the wind
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Shot of the Shell flag blowing in the wind
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Shot of the plant
[Claire Davidson]
Independent reviews continue to report the emissions from the plant pose no significant health risk to the local community
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Shot of a worker riding a bike around the plant grounds. He is wearing a helmet
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Shot of the plant
[Craig Burnett]
Shell Mossmorran has been part of the community for over 30 years now
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Shot of Craig Burnett talking directly to camera
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Shot of BP workers talking to each other
[Vanessa Costa]
And we know how important it is to be a good neighbour
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Shot of Vanessa Costa talking to camera
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Shot of Mark Groves talking to camera
[Mark Groves]
I hope this has helped you understand what we do here at FGNL and at how our workforce must play a part in these key energy systems
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Shot of worker smiling and laughing with one of his colleagues
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Shot of 3 workers together looking at the plant
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Shot of worker wearing hard hat looking up at the plant
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Shot of Vanessa Costa walking around the plant towards the camera.
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Shot of the plant
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SHELL LOGO
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SHELL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2021