The Brent System pipeline transports oil from the North Sea

North Sea

In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...

 oilfields via Cormorant Alpha

Cormorant oilfield

The Cormorant oilfield is located north east of Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, in block number 211/26a. It was discovered in September 1972 at a depth of . Estimated recovery is of oil. The oil reservoir is located at a depth of .-Ownership:...

 to the Sullom Voe Terminal

Sullom Voe Terminal

The Sullom Voe Terminal is an oil and liquefied gas terminal at Sullom Voe in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. It handles production from oilfields in the North Sea and East Shetland Basin...

 in Shetland, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. Oil is transported from 20 oilfields, including:

• Thistle
• Murchison
• Hutton
  Hutton oilfield
  The Hutton oil field, located on the UK continental shelf, was the location for the first ever production Tension Leg Platform .-History:...
  
  
• North West Hutton
• Dunlin
  Dunlin oilfield
  The Dunlin oilfield is situated 195 km northeast of Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, in block number 211/23a and 211/24a. It was originally operated by Shell but was recently sold and is now owned by Fairfield and licensed by Shell/Esso, Chevron and Oryx. It was discovered in July 1973 at a water...
  
  
• Brent A, B,C & D
  Brent oilfield
  The Brent field is an oil field located in the East Shetland Basin north-east of Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland at the water depth of . The field operated by Shell UK Limited was once one of the most productive parts of the UK's offshore assets but is now nearing the end of its useful...
  
  
• Cormorant Alpha
  Cormorant oilfield
  The Cormorant oilfield is located north east of Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, in block number 211/26a. It was discovered in September 1972 at a depth of . Estimated recovery is of oil. The oil reservoir is located at a depth of .-Ownership:...
  
  
• North Cormorant
  Cormorant oilfield
  The Cormorant oilfield is located north east of Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, in block number 211/26a. It was discovered in September 1972 at a depth of . Estimated recovery is of oil. The oil reservoir is located at a depth of .-Ownership:...
  
  
• Tern
  Tern oilfield
  The Tern oilfield is an oilfield situated north east of Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, in block numbers 210/25a.-History:The Tern field was discovered in April 1975 in a water depth of . It started production in 1989. Until July 2008, the oilfield was operated by Royal Dutch Shell and...
  
  
• Eider
  Eider oilfield
  The Eider Oilfield is situated north east of Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, in block numbers 211/16a and 211/21a. It is operated by Abu Dhabi National Energy Company . It was discovered in May 1976 in a water depth of . Estimated recovery is of oil.The production is via the Cormorant Alpha...
  
  

The pipeline is 36 inches (914.4 mm) diameter steel (API 5L X60) of 147 kilometres (91.3 mi) in length. It has capacity of 100000 oilbbl/d.

Since 3 August 2009, it is operated by Abu Dhabi National Energy Company

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company

The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, PJSC is a government controlled energy holding company of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates....

 replacing the previous operator Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six...

. The Brent system is jointly owned by 21 companies.