These activities are run from the control centre at the company’s head office, which lies at Bygnes in Karmøy local authority north of Stavanger.

The main duties are to manage the gas flow through constant monitoring, regulate quality and ensure that the gas blend is correct.

Since the various fields deliver different gas grades, these must be processed or mixed to achieve the desired quality before delivery to the buyer. Such blending allows us to deliver gas with the agreed composition virtually all the time.

The control room is also involved in planning short-term shutdowns which supplement major scheduled turnarounds.