Project Profile
Value: US$4.4 billion
Location: From Aasta Hansteen field to the Nyhamna processing facility, Norway
Length: 480 km
Water Depth: 1,300m
Capacity: 70 mcm per day
Start-up Year: 2018
Polarled pipeline is a new 480km gas pipeline connecting the Aasta Hansteen field to the Nyhamna processing facility in More og Romsdal county. The pipeline will facilitate the development of the Aasta Hansteen field plus further exploration and development activities in the Norwegian Sea. The 36 inch pipeline will be located 1,300 metres below sea level at its deepest point. The project will include the explansion of the Shell operated gas plant at Nyhamna. The plan for installation and operation (PIO) of the Polarled gas pipeline on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) was formally submitted to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy on 8 January 2013. The pipeline’s capacity will be up to 70 million standard cubic metres of gas per day.
A seperate 30km 18 inch pipeline between Polarled and the Kristin platform will connect new infrastructure to existing infrastructure on Haltenbanken.
Operators:
Gassco: Operator with 37.076% interest (transferred from Statoil in 2017)
Wintershall (BASF Group company): 13.255% interest
CapeOmega: 11.901% interest (bought Shell\'s 9.019% in October 2017)
Petoro AS: 11.946% interest
OMV (Norge) AS: 9.073% interest
Total: 5.110% interest
DEA Norge AS: 4.791% interest
ConocoPhillips: 4.452% interest
Edison SpA: 2.396% interest
Contractors:
Allseas: Pipe laying contract
Joint venture for fabrication for linepipe:
Marubeni-Itochu Steel
JFE Steel Corporation
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies: Supply subsea structures and systems
Ramboll: FEED contract
Wasco Energy: Coating contract
DNV GL: Offshore pipelay surveillance contract to monitor quality assurance throughout the installation campaign. DNV GL will complement Statoil’s installation team of pipeline engineers with multi-disciplined surveyors and inspectors to follow-up the quality aspects during welding and Field Joint Coating (FJC) on-board the pipelaying vessel throughout the installation campaign. Both pipelines (Polarled and Edvard Grieg Oil Pipeline (EGOP)) will be installed using Dutch installation contractor Allseas’ lay vessel “Solitaire”.