Friends of the Firth of Clyde Campaigning to Protect the Firth of Clyde & Environmentally Safe & Sustainable Development at Hunterston Peninsular Clydeport Oil Rig Decommissioning Proposals within Southannon Sands SSSI on the Firth of Clyde email: secretary@friendsoffirthofclyde.org Facebook: Friends Of The Firth Of Clyde Web: https://friendsoffirthofclyde.org/ Feb19
Friends of the Firth of Clyde Outline of the presentation • Who Are the Friends of the Firth of Clyde (FoFoC) ? • Geography and History of Hunterston Developments • Environmental Background • What Is The Project? • The Planning History • FOFOC Objections • What Next ?
Friends of the Firth of Clyde - Who Are We? Residents who care about our environment, the welfare of our community and sustainable economic development of the Committee area. Long Term Neighbours 5,000 Supporting call for EIA of Clydeport
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – What Do We Want? Sympathetic Development to Raise Public Awareness Promote Engagement, Connect Protect to Environment & Improve the Economy of Communities & Influence the Region Decision Making
Friends of the Firth of Clyde - Geography From Construction Yard Millport 1km Fairlie 1.5km Largs – 3-4km West Kilbride 3km Bute – 6km From Coal Jetty Fairlie 800m
Friends of the Firth of Clyde - Geography Coal Jetty Coal Yard Dock Construction Yard
Friends of the Firth of Clyde - Geography SSSI
History Whistle-Stop Tour
18 th Century Glasgow was a huge trading port with North America, resulting in great wealth.
Oceanspan - 1960 Grand Master Plan - Scotland's economic, industrial and social regeneration. Ambition to create 20,000 jobs • Trade with USA • Build • Export to Europe • Worth the sacrifice
1970 – Iron Ore Terminal £98m invested in Terminal £60m in Reduction Plant Trans ship across the Atlantic Supply Ravenscraig and Motherwell Steel Works with coal. Iron ore reduction never used as uneconomical
1970 – Iron Ore Terminal Protests from Fairlie So controversial required an act of parliament. Key condition to return the environment to original state
1979 – Maureen Gravity Legs Only 3 construction projects came to Fairlie in over 40 years
1992 Ravenscraig Closes Planning Permission demands that if iron ore terminal no longer used Hunterston returned to original state. Terminal changed to Coal Handling. All coal to be moved via rail – but extensive road transport utilised.
Clydeport Clydeport Port Privatisation of Authority Clydeport 1966 1992 2003 Port Authority: Controlled all shipping movement and activity on the Clyde from Irvine to the tidal weir in Glasgow.
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – Neighbours of Clydeport Apologies from Clydeport: "We are currently focused on setting up the “formal” liaison group for the Marine Yard as required by our planning permission from April 2018". "We are also busy working on an “aspirational” master plan for Hunterston that we would like to share with all stakeholders in due course".
History Lesson Clydeport Coal operations at Hunterston end 2016.
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – Neighbours of Clydeport Coal Dust Regularly Blown in on the Wind - Covering Surfaces in Fairlie
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – Neighbours of Clydeport Coal Slurry Leaking into the SSSI Litter & Debris in the SSSI Coal Dust Contaminating the SSSI
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – Cesscon Decom Potential Operators – Tenant's at Hunterston Clydeport Favour an OPEN PORT arrangement – any operator could come in.
Friends of the Firth of Clyde - Geography SSSI
Friends of the Firth of Clyde What Is Special About The Environment? Southannon Sands Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
Friends of the Firth of Clyde What Is The Oil Rig Decom Project?
Friends of the Firth of Clyde What Is The Project? ➢ What have we learned so far? ➢ Challenges to accessing timely reliable information ➢ Multiple statutory and regulatory bodies involved – complexity ➢ Regulatory framework running to catch-up with growth in demand
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – SEPA Friends of the Firth of Clyde - SEPA
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – What Is The Project? In so far as we can gather….. Semi-Submersible Rig Topside Is a marine vessel that moves around. Once disconnected the topside is the bit above water. Could be floated into the dry dock. Transported on a barge Classified as a vessel – so can be legally moored at a port
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – What Is The Project? In so far as we can gather….. Jacket Structure previously been under water. Habitat for marine growth – within and attached The Scale
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – What Is The Project? In so far as we can gather….. Yes £17bn spend on oil rig decom, but only 3-5% on onshore work. Prof Tom Baxter - Myths About North Sea Decommissioning
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – What Is The Project? In so far as we can gather….. Dirty, Noisy, Smelly & Dangerous Click to add text Oxyacetylene Cutting Drop Technique https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV1qgmVeFv4
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – What Is The Project? In so far as we can gather….. Cut and Pull Technique: Dangerous, Noisy & Dusty – See time point 50mins for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= eV1qgmVeFv4
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – Where Is This Done? In so far as we can gather….. $3m paid for the scrap
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – Where Is This Done? In so far as we can gather….. “Blowtorch Beach” Turkey $1m paid for the scrap
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – Where Is This Done? In so far as we can gather….. Transocean Winner – Grounded on Lewis Narrowly averted environmental disaster. Hunterston is 600 miles from Oil Fields and route is one of the worlds most exposed. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/may/02/where-oil-rigs-go-to-die
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – What Is the Project? What does the Oil Industry say? Transcript at 24m 36sec to 25m 10sec: “We looked at 130 sites around the UK and the North Sea to bring the top-side to and we eventually selected Able UK on Teesside based on their track record, their safety track record, their environmental track record and the fact that this was a very heavily industrialised area so not creating noise, or dust or trucking material through communities.” https://youtu.be/6G7-JvhpCOM
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – Decommissioning Fund In so far as we can gather…..
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – Decommissioning Funds In so far as we can gather….. 2017 Fund of £5m 1. Hunterston = £250k Feasibility 2. Dundee – heavy lifting crane 3. Kishorn – Upgrade dry dock 4. Leith – make decom business. 5. Decom Facility Methill , Fife 6. Stornaway Port Decom 7. Lerwick – equipment 8. Lyness Decom – Orkney
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – Decommissioning Funds In so far as we can gather…..
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – Jobs In so far as we can gather….. Employment? Clydeport (a section of Peel Ports) forecast up to 500 Job Equivalent Years The evidence of job creation from recent projects: • Brent Delta – V Large Rig – 50 jobs • Dales Voe 35 jobs • Dundee 10 jobs Five Myths About Decommissioning Oil Rigs - Prof Tom Baxter • Methyl 30 + Jobs
Smith Friends of the Firth of Clyde – What is the project? 1. Change from temporary to long term site license 2. Decommissioning of the Coal Terminal 3. Enlargement of the Dock 4. Dredging around the Dock 5. Caisson Gates 6. Dredge entrance to dry dock 7. Change of Use – 'Construction' to 'Decommissioning'
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – What Is the Project? Sinc nce 2018, CessCon n Decom have ve been based d at Hunt nterston onClyd ydepor ort – This is is their ir prom omotio ional l vide deo o expla xplain ining ing the pla lans ns for Hunt unterston Watch: h: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFMb9jmwgwU
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – What Isn't Explained? What will it take to get Hunterston fit for purpose? GMB Scotland (2016) Review of Capability & Capasity of Decom Facilities in Scotland - Hunterston is ranked lowest out of total of 19 yards - 80,000 sqm of 'Capital' dredging - Extensive piling - Major construction work - All in the area of the SSSI
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – What Isn't Explained? Cold Stacking Where are the rigs kept whilst they are waiting to be decommissioned? ….. Loch Striven???
Friends of the Firth of Clyde – What Isn't Explained? CessCon describe the Coal Jetty as the 'Wet Storage & Asset Preparation Area' - This is a material change of use The planning permission specifically excludes the use of the Coal Jetty for any decom related activity - No assessment has been made of the environmental impact of the inclusion of the coal jetty
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