- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the contingency liability for BP has been capped at £100 million if the Forties pipeline system is damaged during the construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing.
Answer
The sum is typical of these types of arrangements in the Oil and Gas industry and was arrived at following negotiation with BP. The number represents the maximum potential liability under the Agreement and BP will bear any losses which exceed that amount.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how the £100 million contingency liability cap to BP in relation to any damage caused to the Forties pipeline system during construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing has been calculated and for what reason this was not included in the environmental statement for the Forth Crossing Act 2011.
Answer
The cap was set following negotiation with BP. The Environmental Statement does include the cost of mitigation measures.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether an automatic shutdown is in place in the event of the BP Forties pipeline system being damaged during construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing and, if so, how long it takes to operate.
Answer
On detection of a loss of flow, pipeline pumps will automatically shutdown and isolation valves will close. A manual shutdown of the pipeline may also be initiated following detection of a leak at site. Shutdown would take approximately two minutes.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how long it will take to shut down the BP Forties pipeline system manually if it is damaged during construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-40177 on 14 March 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Transport Scotland has a business continuity programme in place to manage the risks in the event of the BP Forties pipeline system being damaged during construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing.
Answer
Transport Scotland will continue to operate in the event of any damage to the pipeline.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has acknowledged receipt of every objection letter that its Energy Consents Unit has received in relation to Forth Energy’s proposals for a biomass power station at Dundee.
Answer
There is no requirement under legislation to acknowledge, either in writing or electronically, representations received.
Due to the excessive cost, both in postage and in staff time, it is no longer the policy of the Energy Consents and Deployment Unit (ECDU) to respond in writing to representations received. Should the representation have been submitted by email, to the email address stated in the press notices, dundeebiomass@scotland.gsi.gov.uk, the author will receive an automatic acknowledgement. All representations received are collated and logged and form part of the final determination process for the application.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will reconsider the consultation process on Forth Energy’s proposals for a biomass power station at Dundee given that many objections have not been acknowledged due to an invalid email address.
Answer
A decision was taken within the Energy Consents and Deployment Unit (ECDU) at the beginning of October 2010 to cease acknowledging representations in writing, due to the excessive costs involved. This meant that members of the public who submitted representations between the middle and end of September 2010, to the address energyconsents@scotland.gsi.gov.uk, or in writing, did not receive an acknowledgment.
The address energyconsents@scotland.gsi.gov.uk is not invalid, members of the public were asked to direct representations to the dedicated email address dundeebiomass@scotland.gsi.gov.uk to allow easier collation of these responses and to ensure they received the automatic acknowledgement. All representations received to either address have now been collated and logged.
There is no requirement under legislation to acknowledge, either in writing or electronically, representations received.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of fire risk is posed by construction work on the Forth Replacement Crossing being carried out close to the BP Forties pipeline system.
Answer
The fire risk to the Forties Pipeline has been assessed as minimal in relation to the Forth Replacement Crossing works.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what BP’s estimate is of lost revenue in the event of damage to the BP Forties pipeline system during construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing.
Answer
Financial information relating to those costs is commercially confidential and cannot be released.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the issue of the BP Forties pipeline system was not raised during consideration of the Forth Crossing Act 2011.
Answer
The Forth Replacement Crossing Team has been in lengthy and detailed engagement with BP and the worldwide insurance market seeking the best possible solution for the public interest. The meeting with the Finance Committee on 22 February 2011 was the first opportunity to speak meaningfully with the Parliament on the issue.
