Operations
"With an award winning safety performance and culture, and a similar commitment to Environmental care and quality delivery, the BPA team offers operational solutions in two areas – managing client-owned pipeline and terminal assets across the UK and providing related operational consultancy services worldwide. The chances are – if you are at the early stages of considering a new operation or have an existing operational challenge, we have likely encountered and resolved a similar issues before and can offer support."
Head of Operations, BPA
BPA Pipeline Map
Click on the crosshairs for information on the pipelines that we manage.
UKOP System
Owned by a consortium of UK oil companies, UKOP is some 650 km long, comprised of three integrated pipeline systems. It supplies multi-product fuels from refineries on the Rivers Thames and Mersey to inland distribution terminals, providing over 50% of Heathrow and Gatwick airports fuel needs. For 30 years BPA has been responsible for management and development of the system, one of the most highly used, complex and fully automated multi-product installations of its kind – and a key UK strategic supply asset.
Bacton North Walsham
Bacton to North Walsham gas condensate disposal system. A pipeline system carrying gas condensate from the major UK gas processing plant to rail loading facilities.
West London Pipeline and Storage System
The West London system is owned by a consortium of oil companies comprising BP, Shell, Valero and Total. It was originally constructed in 1968 and was enhanced in 1984 with the addition of the Longford to Walton section. The West London system is dedicated to the onward transportation of aviation fuel to London’s main airports.
Walton - Gatwick Pipeline System
The Walton – Gatwick system is owned by a consortium of oil companies comprising of BP, Shell and Valero. Originally constructed and commissioned in 1984 it is the newest part of the UKOP network. The system comprises a mainline pump station at Walton on Thames and 36 kilometres of 10 inch pipeline linking Walton to Gatwick Airport in Sussex.
London Airport Pipelines
A pipeline system supplying aviation fuel to Heathrow Airport.
As a leading UK operator of onshore energy assets, we understand and face on a daily basis the growing industry challenges of increasingly ageing infrastructure, expanding regulatory and cost pressures, balanced with the loss of industry skills and the competition in attracting new team members. In short, we understand our clients’ business pressures.
Our experience allows our clients to focus on their core business, while BPA cost effectively manages the risks associated with critical storage and transmission infrastructure, optimising asset reliability and availability while ensuring regulatory compliance.
Our asset management and consulting capabilities add value through experience at every stage from design, commissioning and operation through ongoing system integrity, to modification, enhancement and end of life decommissioning.
