National Transmission System
Field Field type Licensee or operator Discovered First gas onshore Shore terminal
West Sole Gas BP September 1965 March 1967 Easington
Leman Gas Shell / Esso , Amoco / Gas Council , Arpet Group , Mobil April 1966 August 1968 Bacton
Hewett Gas Phillips Petroleum , Arpet group October 1966 July 1969 Bacton
Indefatigable Gas Shell/Esso , Amoco/Gas Council June 1966 October 1971 Bacton
Viking Gas Conoco / BNOC May 1968 July 1972 Viking ( Theddlethorpe )
Rough Gas Amoco/Gas Council May 1968 October 1975 Easington
Forties Oil + associated gas BP October 1970 September 1977 St Fergus
Frigg ( Norway ) Gas Elf / Total June 1971 September 1977 St Fergus
Frigg ( UK ) Gas Elf/Total May 1972 September 1977 St Fergus
Piper Oil + associated gas Occidental group January 1973 November 1978 St Fergus
Tartan Oil + associated gas Texaco December 1974 January 1981 St Fergus
Brent Oil + associated gas Shell/Esso July 1971 1982 St Fergus
Morecambe Bay Gas + condensate Hydrocarbons ( GB ) September 1974 1985 Barrow
History -- UK natural gas
Natural gas was discovered on the UK continental shelf in 1965 and production started in 1967 . [ 5 ] The development of offshore natural gas fields is shown in the following table . Shore terminals were built to receive , process , blend and distribute the gas .
The United Kingdom's National Transmission System (NTS) is the network of gas pipelines that supply gas to about forty power stations and large industrial users from natural gas terminals situated on the coast and to gas distribution companies that supply commercial and domestic users.