Gassco has taken over as operator of the Knarr pipeline, which will transport rich gas to the Shell-Esso Gas and Liquids (Segal) system and St. Fergus in Scotland.
Knarr is a gas and oil field about 100 km north of Statfjord in the northern North Sea.
“We’ve had a close and good collaboration with Knarr operator BG Norge Ltd. throughout the process of preparing the pipeline for operation,” reports Svein Birger Thaule, Gassco executive vice-president for asset management.
Next, the firm will complete emptying water from the pipeline and start filling it with gas. Start-up is expected during the spring, Thaule said.
The Knarr gas pipeline joint venture owns the 12-in. pipeline, and also has technical responsibility for its operation.
Tied into the existing far north liquids and associated gas system (Flags), the new 106-km rich gas pipeline has a technical capacity of 1.7 million standard cu m/day.
