Europipe II is a natural gas pipeline from the Kårstø processing plant north of Stavanger to a receiving terminal at Dornum in Germany. It came on stream on 1 October 1999.[1]
| Europipe II gas pipeline | |
|---|---|
 Europipe II at Kårstø | |
 Location of Europipe II gas pipeline | |
| Location | |
| Country | Norway, Germany |
| General direction | north–south |
| From | Kårstø, Norway |
| Passes through | North Sea |
| To | Dornum, Germany |
| General information | |
| Type | natural gas |
| Owner | Gassled |
| Operator | Gassco |
| Technical service provider | Statoil |
| Commissioned | 1999 |
| Technical information | |
| Length | 658 km (409 mi) |
| Maximum discharge | 24 billion m3/a (850 billion cu ft/a) |
| Diameter | 42 in (1,067 mm) |
Route
editIt starts from Kårstø processing plant and runs about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) onshore from Kårstø to Vestre Bokn. From there, the 642-kilometre (399 mi) offshore pipeline runs through Norwegian, Danish and German sectors of the North Sea. The German onshore section is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) long.[2] At Dornum the gas is supplied into the Netra (Norddeutsche Erdgas Transversale) gas pipeline, which runs to Salzwedel in eastern Germany.
Technical description
editThe diameter of pipeline is 1,100 millimetres (42 in) and the capacity is 24 billion cubic metres (850 billion cubic feet) of natural gas per year.[3] Most of the gas is supplied from Equinor's Åsgard, Sleipner East/West, Gullfaks and Statfjord fields.
The Europipe II pipeline was laid by Semac I, Castoro Sei and Solitaire pipe-laying ships.[4] Europipe II was commissioned in 1999 and it cost 9.6 billion NOK. The pipeline is operated by Gassco, the technical service provider is Equinor. It was built with an option to branch out to a separate pipeline to Denmark. A pipeline end manifold was installed in April 2022 for the Baltic Pipe to Poland.[5]
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ "Europipe II on stream" (Press release). Statoil. 1 October 1999. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ Scuchardt, B. (July 1998). "Environmental Impact Assessment. Europipe II in Germany: Onshore Section" (PDF). Bioconsult Schuchardt & Scholle. Statoil: 4. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ Gilardoni, Andrea; Antonioli, Barbara; Carta, Marco (2008). The World Market for Natural Gas: Implications for Europe. Springer. p. 64. ISBN 978-3-540-68200-4. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ "Europipe II fully laid" (Press release). Statoil. 4 June 1999. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ "Baltic Pipe Ready to Ship Norwegian Gas to Denmark". Offshore Engineer Magazine. 29 April 2022.
External links
edit- europipe II, Gassco website