Polarled Gas Pipeline
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Summary Information
- Source: [[[Aasta Hansteen Gas and Condensate Field]]]
- Destination: [[[Nyhamna Gas Plant]]]
- Ownership: Gassco
- Website: http://www.gassco.no/
- Length: 480 kilometres ( miles)
- Capacity: per day
- Status: Planned
+++ Details
- Polarled is a new 480-kilometer gas pipeline from Aasta Hansteen to Nyhamna in Møre og Romsdal county. The pipeline facilitates the development of [[[Aasta Hansteen Gas and Condensate Field]]] and other fields in the Norwegian Sea.
- The 36-inch pipeline will be located 1300 meters below sea level at the deepest. No other oil/gas pipeline of this dimension has ever been laid this deep before.
- The investments in the Polarled project are estimated at NOK 25 billion
- Polarled was previously known as the [[[Norwegian Sea Gas Infrastructure NSGI Project]]]
- Other related fields include [[[Dvalin Gas Field]]]
+++ Contractors
- **Marubeni Itochu/JFE:** Fabricating linepipe
- **Wasco:** Applying coating
- **Allsea:** Pipe Laying
- **KONGSBERG:** Delivery of subsea structures, in-line tee’s, tie-in and connection systems
+++ History
- 2012 - OMV signed an agreement to acquire a 6.15% stake
- 2013 - Plan for installation and operation (PIO) submitted to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
- 2014 - Statoil sold a stake to Winstershall, reducing its share to 37%
- 2015 - Pipe laying operations started
+++ Other Information
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+++ Links
- Aasta Hansteen and Polarled plans submitted for government approval
- Gassco, Norwegian Sea Gas Infrastructure
- Ripple effects in Northern Norway with Polarled
- KONGSBERG signs MNOK 380 contracts with Statoil
- Realising value to further strengthen NCS portfolio
- Polarled pipe-laying
- Polarled – the first pipeline crossing the Arctic Circle
