Wayleave 1974

A great wee film from the B.P (British Petroleum) Film Unit.
The strip of land in which a pipeline is buried is called the wayleave. The
technical problems of building any pipeline can be daunting, but when a
pipeline's route must pass through a developed, inhabited area the
problem focuses on the rights and wishes of people. This programme
tells in human terms the story of the planning, discussions and
negotiations that were necessary to obtain the wayleave for the 130 mile
pipeline to carry crude oil from BP's Forties Field from its landfall at
Cruden Bay to Grangemouth Refinery. It also shows the consideration given to
environmental problems and how the pipeline was constructed