Upstream operational information

Information on the planned (maintenance) and unplanned unavailability of assets operated by Shell U.K. Limited in accordance with its obligations under Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (REMIT).

Unplanned

Notification of Unplanned Unavailability

Please be advised that the flow to the National Grid from Bacton/SEAL/St. Fergus has been reduced for an unplanned outage:

Event ID  Message Type Facility  Time published  Time of event  Expected End Actual End Volume impact mcm/day 
20190204SL New Bacton Shell 15:30
04/02/2019		 15:00
04/02/2019		 Unknown 5.43
20190204SL  Final Bacton Shell 20:05
04/02/2019		 15:00
04/02/2019		 N/A 19:30 Production restarted offshore
20190209SF New St Fergus 23:44
09/02/2019		 23:00
09/02/2019		 Unknown 9.40
20190209SF Final St Fergus 23:15
10/02/2019		 23:00
09/02/2019		 N/A 21:50
10/02/2019		 11.0
20190607SF New St Fergus 11:30
07/06/2019		 09:30 (GMT)
07/06/2019		 Unknown 8.0 Mm3/d
20190607SF Final St Fergus 05.30 
08/06/2019		 09:30 (GMT) 07/06/2019 Unknown 05:00 (GMT)
08/06/2019
 		 St Fergus capacity restored

The information given is in good faith to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting, but no warranty is given as to its accuracy or completeness.

Planned

Notification of Planned Unavailability

Please be advised that the flow to the National Grid from Bacton/SEAL/St. Fergus will be reduced for the following unplanned outage:

Event ID Message Type Facility Time Published Time of Event Expected End Actual End Volume impact mcm/day
20190219SF New St Fergus 17:20
06/27/2018		 06:00
19/02/2019		 06:00
20/02/2019		 16 mcm/day (6-12hr plant outage for ESD testing)
20190801SL New SEAL 11:30
31/12/2018		 06:00
01/08/2019		 06:00
05/08/2019		 NA 14 mcm/day – planned maintenance at Bacton terminal.
20190309BN New Bacton 13:30
08/01/2019		 06:00
09/03/2019		 06:00
10/03/2019		 NA 11.5 mcm/day – planned maintenance at Bacton terminal.
20190908BN New Bacton 13:30
08/01/2019		 06:00
08/09/2019		 06:00
11/09/2019		 NA 10.0 mcm/day – planned maintenance at Bacton terminal.
20190309BN FINAL Bacton 11:00
12/04/2019		 06:00
09/03/2019		 06:00
10/03/2019		 10:00
10/03/2019		 Bacton available to receive gas deliveries.
20190203SF New St Fergus 17:15
10/01/2019		 06:00
03/02/2019		 06:00
08/02/2019		 15 mcm/d
20190203SF Revision St Fergus 15:45
17/01/2019		 06:00 03/02/2019 06:00 08/02/2019 17.5 mcm/d
20190203SF Revision St Fergus 18:00
05/02/2019		  06:00
03/02/2019		 06:00 
11/02/2019		 15 mcm/d
20190203SF Revision St Fergus 16:00
07/02/2019		 06:00 03/02/2019 18:00 08/02/2019 17.5 mcm/d
Approximate 1-2 day ramp up expected.
20190203SF Revision St Fergus 02:50
09/02/2019		 06:00 03/02/2019 12:00
09/02/2019		 15 mcm/d
20190203SF FINAL St Fergus 13:35
09/02/2019		 06:00 03/02/2019 12:00 09/02/2019 13:00 09/02/2019 Downstream capacity restored
20190219SF Revision St Fergus 14:30
15/02/2019		 06:00 12/03/2019 06:00 13/03/2019 16 mcm/day (6-12hr plant outage for ESD testing)
20190219SF Revision 2 St Fergus 12:00
06/03/2019		 POSTPONED – Revised date TBC. POSTPONED – Revised date TBC. POSTPONED – Revised date TBC.

ESD Test planned for 12th March 2019 is postponed.

New date to be issued shortly.
20190325SF New St Fergus 14:15
08/03/2019		 06:00 25/03/2019 06:00 30/03/2019

First day impact during ESD test - 16 mcm/day (6-12hr plant outage for ESD testing).

Following days partial impact of 5 mcm/day.
20190325SF Revision 1 St Fergus 01:25
22/03/2019		 06:00 25/03/2019 06:00 29/03/2019

Partial Impact on gas day 25th – 27th of 5mcm/day.

Full impact on gas day 28th March - 16 mcm/day (12hr plant outage for ESD testing).
20200220SF New St Fergus 13:45
29/03/2019		 06:00 20/02/2020 06:00 21/02/2020 16 mcm/day (12hr plant outage for ESD testing).
20200721SF New St Fergus 13:45
29/03/2019		 06:00 21/07/2020 06:00 11/08/2020 Total Plant Shutdown – zero flow capacity.
20190325SF Final St Fergus 07:45
30/03/2019		 06:00 25/03/2019 06:00 29/03/2019  06:00 29/03/2019 Downstream capacity restored
20190601SL New SEAL 10:00
12/04/2019		 06:00
01/06/2019		 06:00
06/06/2019		 NA 14 mcm/day – liquid export route unavailable.
20190601SL Final SEAL 10:20 04/06/2019 06:00
01/06/2019		 06:00
06/06/2019		 14:30
02/06/2019

Liquid Export Route available

The information given is in good faith to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting, but no warranty is given as to its accuracy or completeness.

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