1. This Order may be cited as the Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 27) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st October 1988.

2. In this Order-

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

"the Forties Charlie platform" means the offshore installation known as the Forties Charlie platform which is situated above the Forties oilfield east of the coast of Scotland;

"the Forties-Cruden Bay pipe-line" means so much of the 32 inch pipe-line which lies between the Forties Charlie platform and the terminal situated at Cruden Bay in the Grampian Region of Scotland as is a controlled pipe-line;

"the platform apparatus" means all the apparatus and works of a kind specified in paragraph (a), (aa), (c), (d) or (f) of section 33(1) of the Act(2) which is or are both part of the Forties-Cruden Bay pipe-line and attached to the Forties Charlie platform.

3. For the purposes of Part III of the Act, except section 33(2), the platform apparatus and the remainder of the Forties-Cruden Bay pipe-line shall be treated as separate pipe-lines.

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 person specified in Part II of the Schedule is hereby designated as owner of the remainder of the Forties-Cruden Bay pipe-line.

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SCHEDULE

PART Idesignated owners of the platform apparatus

Acre Petroleum Ltd., whose registered office is at 90 Long Acre, London WC2E 9NP.

Aran Energy Exploration Ltd., whose registered office is at 37 Maddox Street, London W1R 9LD.

Berkeley Exploration and Production p.l.c., whose registered office is at Ranger House, 71 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2BP.

BP Petroleum Development Ltd., whose registered office is at Britannic House, Moor Lane, London EC2Y 9BU.

Clyde Expro p.l.c., whose registered office is at 19 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow G1 2DT.

Clyde Petroleum (Exploration) Ltd., whose registered office is at Coddington Court, Coddington, Ledbury, Hereford and Worcester, HR8 1JL.

Elf Oil and Gas Ltd., whose registered office is at Knightsbridge House, 197 Knightsbridge, London SW7 1RZ.

Elf UK p.l.c., whose registered office is at Knightsbridge House, 197 Knightsbridge, London SW7 1RZ.

Enterprise (E & P) Ltd., whose registered office is at 5 Strand, London WC2N 5HU.

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

Fina Petroleum Development Ltd., whose registered office is at Petrofina House, 1 Ashley Avenue, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 5AD.

Industrial Scotland Energy Ltd., whose registered office is at 1 Golden Square, Aberdeen AB9 8BH.

Montrose Energy Ltd., whose registered office is at 10 Babmaes Street, London SW1Y 6HE.

Norsk Hydro Oil and Gas Ltd., whose registered office is at Bridge House, 69 London Road, Twickenham, Middlesex TW1 1EE.

Repsol Exploration (U.K.) Ltd., whose registered office is at 5 Princes Gate, London SW7 1QN.

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

Sovereign Oil and Gas p.l.c., whose registered office is at Portland House, Stag Place, London SW1E 5BH.

Trafalgar House Energy Ltd., whose registered office is at 20 Eastbourne Terrace, London W2 6LE.

Trafalgar House Oil and Gas Ltd., whose registered office is at 20 Eastbourne Terrace, London W2 6LE.

Ultramar Exploration Ltd., whose registered office is at 141 Moorgate, London EC2M 6TX.

Union Jack Oil p.l.c., whose registered office is at Ranger House, 71 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2BN.

Whitehall Production Ltd., whose registered office is at Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, London W1X 5PA.

PART IIdesignated owners of the remainder of the pipe-line

BP Petroleum Development Ltd., whose registered office is at Britannic House, Moor Lane, London EC2Y 9BU.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates owners of the pipe-line which lies between the Forties Charlie platform, an offshore installation situated above the Forties oilfield east of the coast of Scotland, and the terminal at Cruden Bay in the Grampian Region of Scotland. The companies listed in Part I of the Schedule are designated as owners of apparatus and works which are both part of the pipe-line and are attached to the platform. BP Petroleum Development Ltd is designated as the owner of those parts of the remainder of the pipe-line which are in controlled waters, that is the territorial sea and areas designated under the Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29).