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Contract award for Kollsnes Upgrade project
On behalf of the operator Gassco, Equinor has awarded Wood Group Norway AS an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for the MEG Upgrade project at Kollsnes.
2020-09-17
Gassco takes coronavirus measures
Given the progress of the Covid-19 epidemic, Gassco has established a dedicated work group in its organisation to work on plans for coping with extensive infections.
2020-03-20
A basis for increasing gas transport from the Barents Sea
Gassco’s report on transporting more gas from Barents Sea South shows that expanding today’s capacity can lay the basis for further value creation from Norway’s petroleum resources.
2020-01-13
Solid gas deliveries in 2019
Gassco transported 106.99 billion cubic metres of gas through the pipeline systems from Norway to Europe and the UK in 2019. Despite a small decline from 114.2 billion cubic metres in 2018, the year ranked as one of the best ever for gas deliveries from the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).
2020-01-10
Natural gas set to be biggest energy source
DNV GL notes in its Energy Transition Outlook 2019 that natural gas will get increasingly important as the carbon content of the energy mix reduces. The world will need it in large quantities.
2019-09-13
Jan Skogseth new chairman for Gassco AS
Jan Skogseth was elected new chairman of the board for Gassco at the general meeting in Oslo, Tuesday 25 June.
2019-06-26
Gas exports to Europe high and stable
Gassco transported 114.2 billion cubic metres of gas during 2018 through the pipeline system it operates between Norway and Europe. That corresponds to nine times annual Norwegian hydropower output.
2019-01-10
Polarled starts up
Natural gas began flowing regularly through the Polarled pipeline on 16 December, opening up a completely new province for supplying Norwegian gas to Europe.
2018-12-17
Gas transport system expanded
Gaz-System and Energinet, the gas transport operators in Poland and Denmark respectively, have both taken a decision to invest in the Baltic Pipe development.
2018-12-03
Kollsnes and Vestprosess are ramping up again
The Kollsnes processing plant and the Vestprosess pipeline are ramping up again on Thurday afternoon, after a shutdown caused by a collision between the frigate Helge Ingstad and the tanker TS Sola early the same day.
2018-11-08