In the 18th and 19th centuries, Cromarty became an important port, exporting produce from farms across the region over the North Sea, rivalling Inverness. By the 1830s, the town’s population had ...

Cromarty, which is generally regarded as the best preserved example of an 18th century town in Scotland, also hosts Hugh Miller’s Cottage, a quaint thatched museum dedicated to a local geologist.

Archaeologists believe the oldest of the buried finds date from the 13th Century when the area became a royal burgh. But Cromarty also has a myth about an older town that was lost to the sea.

The Cromarty field was discovered in 1986 and lies in license block 13/30a. The gas will be fed to the SAGE terminal for processing via the longest direct to shore sub-sea tie-back constructed in ...

Plans have been lodged for a large sub-sea power cable factory next to the industrial docks at Nigg, on the banks of the Cromarty Firth. ... Nigg is part of the Highland 'green freeport' area.

The deep-sea lochs of Wester Ross and Argyll became fabrication sites for huge oil rig concrete platforms – at Loch Kishorn alone, a self-contained village for 2000 workers was created.

A factory for manufacturing offshore wind turbine components could be built on part of a former oil terminal on the Cromarty Firth. Global Energy has proposed the facility, which would be almost ...

Greenpeace vow to keep up North Sea protests in bid to stop oil rig leaving Cromarty Firth port. By Matt Coyle; Published: 23:23, 15 Jun 2019; ...

Ian Rankin enjoys walking around the village of Cromarty and dropping into its bookshop. The only thing he watches out for are the sudden squalls. UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...

Drilling in the North Sea, the centre of U.K. oil production for the past four decades has slumped to a record low. The Cromarty Firth Port Authority - created in 1973 by an Act of Parliament to ...

Cromarty field lies on Block 13/30a and is operated by Amerada Hess with 90% interest; BG holds the remaining 10%. The fields are estimated to hold gross reserves of 118 bcf and 106 bcf, respectively.

Plans have been lodged for a large sub-sea power cable factory next to the industrial docks at Nigg, on the banks of the Cromarty Firth. ... Nigg is part of the Highland 'green freeport' area.