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NORWAY PLACES BIG PIPELAY ORDER

March 13, 1995

Norway's Den norske stats oljeselskap AS has placed the country's largest batch of pipelay orders, amounting to 2 billion kroner ($310 million). The work will expand Nor-way's offshore gas transmission system ahead of an anticipated rise in gas sales to 55 billion cu m/year after 2000 from 28 billion cu m in 1994. Norwegian operators will lay about 2,600 km of gas pipeline from 1996 to 2000 (OGJ, Dec. 12,1994, p. 32).

Norway's Den norske stats oljeselskap AS has placed the country's largest batch of pipelay orders, amounting to 2 billion kroner ($310 million).

The work will expand Nor-way's offshore gas transmission system ahead of an anticipated rise in gas sales to 55 billion cu m/year after 2000 from 28 billion cu m in 1994.

Norwegian operators will lay about 2,600 km of gas pipeline from 1996 to 2000 (OGJ, Dec. 12,1994, p. 32).

Under the latest program, McDermott-ETPM West Inc. will lay: the Zeepipe IIB link from Norway's Kollsnes terminal to the Block 16/11 offshore transmission hub; the NorFra line (formerly Zeepipe IV) from Block 16/11 to Dunkerque, France; and possibly the Haltenbank area link to the North Sea transmission grid. This amounts to 1,400-1,900 km of line.

Allseas Marine Contractors SA, Chatel-St. Denis, Switzerland, won a contract to lay the Europipe 11 line from Block 16/11 to Emden, Germany, and a loop around Ekofisk field, about 625-740 km of line.