Ongoing operations
The Forties Pipeline System (FPS) and Kinneil terminal form the UK’s largest integrated oil and gas liquid transportation and processing system.
FPS has been in operation since 1975. It was acquired by Ineos in 2017 and provides critical infrastructure that underpins more than 60 transportation agreements, supporting both existing production and future developments.
The system has a current capacity of 500,000 barrels of oil per day and 5,100 tonnes of gas per day, linking around 80 oil and gas fields in the North Sea. The FPS subsea pipeline extends 105 miles from the Forties Charlie Platform, via the Unity Riser Platform before making landfall north of Aberdeen. From there the subsurface pipeline extends a further 130 miles south to the Kinneil Terminal at Grangemouth. An additional landline connects the SAGE and St Fergus gas processing facilities to the FPS, delivering natural gas liquids into the system.
At Kinneil, the crude oil is stabilised and delivered to market via the oil storage facility at Dalmeny-Hound Point. The gas products such as dry gas, propane and butane, are key feedstocks to the manufacturing industry, utilised at the co-located INEOS Chemical plant and exported via the Grangemouth Docks.
Energy transition
INEOS plans to operate FPS beyond 2040, with the system continuing to transport and process hydrocarbons, from the Central North Sea, meeting a large portion of the UK’s gas demand.
To underpin this, the INEOS FPS business has a programme of strategic investment to improve reliable and safe operations, to focus on energy transition opportunities and to reduce CO2 emissions, as it drives towards net zero by 2045.
Last updated 28/1/2026