Unexploded Bomb Found Near Gas Pipeline In The North Sea, Probe On

Shell, a multinational oil and gas company, has found a suspected unexploded bomb near the Far North liquids and Associated Gas System (FLAGS) pipeline in the North Sea.

The object was found during a routine inspection of the 40-year-old pipeline, located about 40 miles east of Shetland.

The FLAGS pipeline, which has been in operation since 1982, is a 36-inch gas line that stretches about 200 nautical miles across the North Sea.

It transports wet gas from the Brent Field to the St Fergus Gas Terminal in Scotland. In 2007, it was connected to the Tampen gas pipeline that links Norway’s Statfjord development to the UK. Shell and ExxonMobil jointly own the pipeline.

The discovery of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in UK waters is common, as up to 500,000 piece…

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