Gas is increasingly important in Norwegian petroleum production.

Produksjon og transport av norsk gass

Petroleum production from the Norwegian continental shelf in 2009 totalled 238.6 million standard cubic metres of oil equivalent (scm oe). This represented a decrease from 242.2 million scm oe the year before.

 

Production

Gas is produced from a number of fields on the Norwegian continental shelf, and transported to processing plants, such as Kårstø and Kollsnes, for further treatment.

 

Read more about processing here

 

Transport
Once the gas has been produced, it must be carried to market. Unlike other Norwegian export products, natural gas has its own submarine transport system. This network is operated by Gassco.

Norway’s gas pipelines have a total length of 7 975 kilometres. The gas flows from production installations to process plants, where natural gas liquids are separated out and exported by ship.

The remaining dry gas is piped on to receiving terminals in continental Europe and the UK.

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