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The Polarled pipeline is now flowing

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Natural gas began flowing regularly through the Polarled pipeline on 16 December, opening up a completely new province for supplying Norwegian gas to Europe.

This facility is the first offshore pipeline to cross the Arctic Circle. Running for 482 km, carries output from the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea.

The pipeline terminates at the Nyhamna plant in western Norway, where the rich gas gets processed before dry gas is sent on to the UK and continental Europe through Norway’s integrated transport system.

In order to accommodate deliveries from Aasta Hansteen and future discoveries in the Norwegian Sea, the Nyhamna plant has been extensively converted and expanded.

“Starting up Polarled shows us that the Norwegian continental shelf is still under development” observes Frode Leversund, CEO of operator Gassco. “It will help to maintain gas deliveries from Norway to Europe for a long time to come.” Norwegian gas has never been in such demand as it is today. In support of that contention, Leversund points to the record deliveries to Europe achieved through Norway’s gas transport system this summer.

Facts:

  • Gassco is the operator of the Polarled pipeline to transport gas from Aasta Hansteen to the Nyhamna gas processing plant.
  • Gassco is the operator and Shell is the technical service provider (TSP) for the Nyhamna gas processing plant.
  • The Polarled pipeline is almost 1300 m below sea level and 300 km west of Bodø. The pipe is 36 in. in diameter, and the transport capacity for gas is approximately 70 million m3/d.
  • Gassco is the operator of the Norwegian gas transport system. Polarled makes an expansion of the existing transport system, consisting of several platforms and a total of 8829 km of pipelines.

Read the article online at: https://www.worldpipelines.com/project-news/17122018/the-polarled-pipeline-is-now-flowing/

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