Langeled pipeline
The Langeled Pipeline was the longest underwater pipeline in the world until the completion of the Nord Stream . It is used to transport Norwegian natural gas from the processing facilities in Nyhamna . It connects Ormen Lange and Sleipner - two of Norway's largest natural gas fields - with the Easington gas terminal in East Riding of Yorkshire in the United Kingdom .
Technical specifications
The Langeled Pipeline is divided into two main sections that were commissioned one after the other. The southern section runs from the Sleipner gas field to Easington. This section was carried out with a diameter of 1066 mm (44 inches) and opened on June 1, 2006. The northern section from the Nyhamna gas terminal to the Sleipner field opened on October 1, 2007 and was laid with a diameter of 1016 mm (42 inches). The total length of the pipeline is 1166 kilometers and the capacity is 69.4 million m³ per day.
Around 800 km of the pipelines in the pipeline were manufactured by the German company Europipe . Most of the pipeline was laid by the pipelayer Castoro 7 , then still owned by Acergy under the name Acergy Piper . But the Solitaire from Allseas , one of the world's most powerful pipelayers, and the Saipem 7000 from Saipem were also used.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Information on the Langeled Pipeline on the Europipe website . europipe.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ↑ a b information on the website of operator Gassco (engl.) . gassco.no. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
