Ineos postpones Forties system maintenance to Spring 2021

Ineos Forties pipeline system (FPS) has delayed its planned summer shut down between Unity platform and landfall at Cruden Bay, northeast Scotland, in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Planned to begin in June but delayed in March to August or later, the closure is now expected in the spring of 2021 (OGJ Online, Mar. 25, 2020).

The decision is in response to further requests from customers in the face of ongoing government restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, the company said Apr. 7.

Ineos FPS said as soon as it can, it will communicate the exact start date of the shutdown to customers.