Lossie Fuel Pipieline to be Sold

[vim_fuego]

Wouldn't seem as bad if this piece of operationally sensitive hardware was going to a British company!

Security fears have been raised after UK ministers confirmed they had agreed to sell-off the jet fuel pipeline to RAF Lossiemouth.

The £82million privatisation of a network that includes the 40-mile pipeline from Inverness to the air base was branded “wholly unnecessary” by Moray MP Angus Robertson last night.

He warned that the sale could compromise operations at RAF Lossiemouth – and questioned whether local farmers on the route would allow access to their land for commercial purposes.

The Ministry of Defence announced yesterday that it had agreed to sell the Government Pipeline and Storage System (GPSS) to Spanish firm Compania Logistica de Hidrocarburos (CLH).

More evidence of cutting costs in every area?

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/f...ity-fears-raf-lossiemouth-pipeline-sell-off/?

 

[skullster704]

So they sell the entire system for £82M, lock, stock and barrel (pun intended), forsaking ALL government control to a foriegn comercial entity, which they then intend to pay £237M for ten years of access to the pipelines.

What would the maintenance cost for 10 years be? Probably not £155M.

This is why all government contract lawyers (MOD in particular) should be sacked, and replaced with well trained, properly paid barrister qualified full time contract lawyers, with a seperate auditor branch. **** up, get fired. That's how comercial systems work (or retainer not renewed, same difference)

 

[Ronsuddes]

It looks like the bean-counters can't count beans.

 

[Gord]

I'm sure you could find a newspaper willing to publish that Skullster, it might not change anything but it should surely put egg on a few faces.