# The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997

S.I. 1997/735 · made 10 March 1997 · revised to 6 July 2026

This order establishes, under section 22 of the Petroleum Act 1987, safety zones having a radius of 500 metres from the specified point, around each installation specified in Schedule 1 to this order and stationed in waters to which section 21(7) of that Act applies (these include territorial waters and waters in areas designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29)).

Made under: Petroleum Act 1987 (Section 22)

## Introductory text

OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS
Made 10th March 1997
Coming into force 31st March 1997
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22(1) and (2) of the Petroleum Act 1987 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:

## 1 Citation and Commencement

This order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 31st March 1997.

## 2 Establishment of safety zones

A safety zone is hereby established around each installation specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 hereto (being an installation stationed in waters to which subsection (7) of section 21 of the Act applies) having a radius of five hundred metres from the point as respects that installation which has the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to European Datum (1950) specified in columns 2 and 3 of that Schedule.

## 3 Revocation of orders

The orders listed in Schedule 2 hereto are revoked.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.
Paul Beresford
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment
10th March 1997

## Schedule 1 SAFETY ZONES

(1)
(2)
(3)
Name or other designation of the offshore installation
Latitude North
Longitude
South Cormorant Well W4
61° 11' 23.63"
1° 6' 15.6"E
South Cormorant Well P5
61° 10' 52.4"
1° 8' 31.4"E
South Cormorant A UMC
61° 9' 38.957"
1° 6' 38.37"E
Beryl Well 9/13-55
59° 36' 15.6"
1° 29' 4.14"E
Beryl Well 9/13-20B
59° 35' 10.26"
1° 32' 5.77"E
Balmoral Well 16/21B-29
58° 15' 9.71"
1° 3' 25.45"E
Balmoral Well 16/21A-7z
58° 14' 41.8"
01° 06− 17.94' E
Balmoral Well 16/21A-16
58° 13' 43.66"
1° 8' 57.88"E
Balmoral Well 16/21B-14
58° 13' 36.41"
1° 3' 39.29"E
Balmoral Well 16/21B-4A
58° 12' 39.97"
1° 10' 347"E
Buchan Well 21/1-10
57° 53' 33.45"
0° 0' 43.17"E
Buchan Well 21/1-8
57° 53' 30.6"
0° 0' 48.39"E
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Hewett Well 48/30-8
53° 5' 13.13"
1° 51' 4"E
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Hewett Well 48/30-9
53° 2' 9"
1° 52' 31"E
Claymore Template T1—WI Wellhead
58° 28' 28.71"
0° 15' 20.43"W
Claymore Template T3—WI Wellhead
58° 25' 55.3"
0° 15' 32.6"W
Scapa Template
58° 25' 39.02"
0° 19' 4.49"W
Highlander Well 14/20
58° 24' 10.4"
0° 7' 19.26"W
Petronella Template
58° 20' 25.4"
0° 5' 30.21"W
Buchan Well 20/5A-1
57° 54' 14.22"
0° 0' 35.88"W
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Beryl Field Wiss
59° 35' 16.26"
1° 28' 43.62"E
Beryl 9/13B Ness
59° 33' 36.72"
1° 25' 52.02"E
North Alwyn Well 3/4A-15
60° 50' 49.26"
1° 40' 59.76"E
Audrey Well 49/11A-7
53° 32' 28.31"
2° 0' 32.35"E
Beryl Well 9/13-48
59° 30' 43.8"
1° 31' 50.28"E
Della Well 48/30-11
53° 4' 43.81"
1° 53' 19.92"E
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Central Brae Template 16/7a
58° 44' 44.9"
1° 18' 40.1"E
Piper A
58° 28' 1.03"
0° 15' 35.22"E
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Osprey W.I. Manifold
61° 19' 37.6"
1° 32' 49.6"E
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Osprey Production Manifold
61° 19' 25.8"
1° 32' 49.11"E
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Chanter Wellhead Protection Unit
58° 23' 27"
0° 22' 15.72"E
Saltire Wellhead Protection Unit
58° 25− 31.04
00° 22− 5.34' E
Gannet D Subsea Drilling Centre
57° 19' 5.1"
1° 4' 58.3"E
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Toni Production Subsea Structure
58° 26' 0.13"
1° 17' 10.67"E
Toni WI Subsea Structure
58° 25' 56.53"
1° 17' 19.07"E
Gannet C1 Drilling Centre
57° 10' 12"
0° 56' 48.6"E
Gannet C2 Drilling Centre
57° 9' 37.3"
0° 58' 31.6"E
Gannet C3 Drilling Centre
57° 9' 13"
0° 55' 32.3"E
Gannet C4 Drilling Centre
57° 8' 21.8"
0° 57' 18.1"E
Strathspey Manifold Structure
60° 55' 39"
1° 42' 25"E
Strathspey Satellite Wells
60° 56' 32.18"
1° 41' 29.67"E
Nelson Oil Field Template
57° 39' 46.35"
1° 8' 44.02"E
Lyell A Cluster Manifold
60° 53' 57.51"
1° 16' 17.49"E
Alwyn Extension Wells
60° 45' 46.28"
1° 42' 53.85"E
Scott WI Manifold West
58° 17' 5.08"
0° 10' 17.91"E
Scott WI Manifold South
58° 15' 29.41"
0° 12' 24"E
Scott WI Manifold East
58° 16' 54.92"
0° 15' 25.13"E
Scott Production Cluster East
58° 16' 54.43"
0° 14' 8.53"E
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Hyde 48/6 Subsea Template
53° 48' 26.3"
1° 1' 43.3"E
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Ellon Development Subsea Wellhead
60° 35' 52.71"
1° 48' 26.65"E
Nelson Subsea Manifold
57° 37' 0"
1° 11' 30"E
Gryphon Subsea Well Cluster
59° 21' 4.1"
1° 33' 9.9"E
Anglia West Subsea Structure
53° 22' 22.11"
1° 34' 50.2"E
Phillips Ann Subsea Installation
53° 42' 55"
2° 3' 22"E
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Johnston Field Development
54° 2' 47"
1° 12' 27"E
Hudson Field Development Manifold
61° 15' 10"
0° 44' 8.1"E
Wellhead L1 and L2
61° 15' 38.9"
0° 42' 33.1"E
Fulmar FSU/SALM
56° 27' 44"
2° 7' 14"E
Pelican Drilling Centre
61° 2' 2.06"
1° 7' 44.51"E
Victor North West 49/17-JM
53° 21' 3.22"
2° 17' 43.46"E
Jupiter/Callisto Wellhead
53° 14' 31.92"
2° 23' 16.37"E
Cyrus Manifold
58° 6' 9.16"
1° 26' 47.71"E
Cyrus Wellhead 16/28-C1
58° 6' 9.63"
1° 26' 46.76"E
Cyrus Wellhead 16/28-C2
58° 6' 9.87"
1° 26' 47.04"E
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Birch Field Manifold
58° 34' 52"
1° 15' 40"E
Nevis Field Wells
59° 31' 56.07"
1° 24' 25.45"E
KT Well
59° 34' 4.43"
1° 28' 51.8"E
South Scott Manifold
58° 14' 54.91"
0° 10' 45.51"E
Foinaven Drilling Centre 1
60° 18' 39.79"
4° 20' 16"W
Foinaven Drilling Centre 2A
60° 20' 37.45"
4° 14' 43.31"W
Foinaven DC2 West WI
60° 20' 55.57"
4° 17' 39.07"W
Foinaven DC2 East WI
60° 18' 43.08"
4° 13' 5.87"W
Liverpool Bay Pipeline End Manifold
53° 41' 0.11"
3° 32' 42.97"W
Thelma Subsea Installation
58° 22' 28.32"
1° 18' 37.58"E
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Joanne Subsea Facility
56° 41' 47.4"
2° 14' 56.4"E
Alison Subsea Facility
53° 30' 33.21"
2° 10' 11.82"E
Teal Oil Producer
57° 17' 4.6"
0° 50' 55.7"E
Teal Water Injection Centre
57° 17' 19.6"
0° 49' 36"E
Teal South Drilling Centre
57° 13' 50.8"
0° 49' 5.8"E
Guillemot A Drilling Centre
57° 10' 6.1"
0° 49' 44"E
Dawn Subsea Installation
53° 7' 48.31"
1° 41' 38.36"E
South Magnus WI Well
61° 32' 23.99"
1° 15' 42.77"E
South Magnus Production Well
61° 34' 4.78"
1° 15' 44.21"E
WI Tree/Flowbase
58° 12' 21.57"
0° 16' 47.32"E
Central Telford Manifold
58° 13' 4.27"
0° 14' 57.69"E
Marmion/West Telford Manifold
58° 14' 19.44"
0° 12' 31.09"E
East Drill Centre
58° 18' 6.51"
0° 45' 18.81"E
West Drill Centre
58° 19' 26.91"
0° 41' 52.86"E
Machar Wellhead
57° 4' 52.2"
2° 5' 6.69"E
Marnock Drilling Plate
57° 17' 42.81"
1° 39' 45.43"E
Mungo Template
57° 22' 31.2"
1° 59' 53.28"E
Umbilical distribution Assembly
60° 17' 59.58"
4° 9' 51.55"W
Esmond Subsea Barrier Valve
54° 35' 10.93"
1° 25' 43.98"E
Hewitt—Little Dotty Well
53° 2' 51.9"
1° 50' 42.5"E
Britannia—Template
58° 2' 55.14"
1° 8' 19.54"E
Britannia—Manifold
58° 4' 27.29"
0° 53' 35.8"E
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Foinaven Gas Disposal Well
60° 17' 25.24"
4° 6' 59.26"W
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Curlew D—Wellhead
56° 43' 22.14"
1° 18' 40.61"E
Gannet F—Manifold
57° 5' 28.15"
0° 57' 37.36"E

## Schedule 2 REVOCATIONS

Orders revoked
References
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 48) Order 1987
S.I.1987/1332
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 70) Order 1987
S.I.1987/2016
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 71) Order 1987
S.I.1987/2017
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1988
S.I.1988/1080
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1988
S.I.1988/1081
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1988
S.I.1988/1481
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (Amendment) Order 1988
S.I.1988/1482
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1989
S.I.1989/508
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1989
S.I.1989/887
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1989
S.I.1989/1851
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1990
S.I.1990/216
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1990
S.I.1990/896
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1990
S.I.1990/897
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 4) Order 1990
S.I.1990/973
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 5) Order 1990
S.I.1990/1106
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 6) Order 1990
S.I.1990/2117
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1991
S.I.1991/207
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1991
S.I.1991/650
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1991
S.I.1991/1922
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 4) Order 1991
S.I.1991/2669
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1992
S.I.1992/79
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1992
S.I.1992/1429
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1992
S.I.1992/2314
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 4) Order 1992
S.I.1992/2852
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1993
S.I.1993/1406
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1993
S.I.1993/1664
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1993
S.I.1993/1893
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 4) Order 1993
S.I.1993/2479
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1994
S.I.1994/372
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1994
S.I.1994/1836
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1995
S.I.1995/494
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 4) Order 1995
S.I.1995/1956
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 5) Order 1995
S.I.1995/2363
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 6) Order 1995
S.I.1995/2795
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1996
S.I.1996/97
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1996
S.I.1996/850
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1996
S.I.1996/1194
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 4) Order 1996
S.I.1996/1492
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 5) Order 1996
S.I.1996/1862
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 6) Order 1996
S.I.1996/2304
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 7) Order 1996
S.I.1996/2859
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 8) Order 1996
S.I.1996/3139

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the order)
This order establishes, under section 22 of the Petroleum Act 1987, safety zones having a radius of 500 metres from the specified point, around each installation specified in Schedule 1 to this order and stationed in waters to which section 21(7) of that Act applies (these include territorial waters and waters in areas designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29)).
Vessels (which for this purpose include hovercraft, submersible apparatus and installations in transit) are prohibited from entering or remaining in a safety zone except with the consent of the Health and Safety Executive or in accordance with regulations made under section 23(1) of the Act (currently the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1331)).
The order revokes the orders listed in Schedule 2 which had previously established safety zones around all the installations specified in Schedule 1, except the new ones now established around Curlew B-Wellhead, Curlew D-Wellhead and Gannet F-Manifold, and had established twenty-four other safety zones, no longer required, around other installations.

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