Contracts awarded at Kårstø gas treatment complex

May 2, 2002
Statoil ASA, on behalf of Norway's new state-owned company, Gassco AS, has awarded Fabricom Contracting NV a contract to prefabricate and install mechanical and electrical equipment, including instrumentation, as part of the development project at the Kårstø gas treatment complex in southern Norway.

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, May 2 -- Statoil ASA, on behalf of Norway's new state-owned company, Gassco AS, has awarded Fabricom Contracting NV a contract to carry out work at the Kårstø gas treatment complex in southern Norway. The scope of work includes prefabrication and installation of mechanical and electrical equipment, including instrumentation, for the Mikkel field development-related expansion project at Kårstø.

The expansion will enable the gas treatment plant to receive and treat gas from Mikkel field in the Norwegian Sea. Mikkel is being developed by a group led by Statoil, with first gas slated in fall 2003 (OGJ, Apr. 1, 2002, p. 34).

Fabricom's contract, valued at 160 million kroner, will last from April of this year until October 2003. Work includes the installation of pipe racks and two modules, which Fabricom will manufacture in Belgium and deliver to Kårstø in November.

The Mikkel-related expansion at Kårstø will be ready to receive gas Oct. 1, 2003. This expansion involves a total investment of about 1 billion kroner.

Statoil has technical operating responsibility for the gas treatment plant at Kårstø. The plant receives rich gas through the Statpipe and Åsgard transport pipelines, which are operated by Gassco. The condensate is carried through a separate pipeline from the Sleipner area. Following processing at Kårstø, LPG and condensate are exported by tanker, while sales gas is exported to continental Europe through the Europipe II and Statpipe trunklines.

Gassco, which replaced Statoil earlier this year as the new Norwegian state-owned company serving as operator for natural gas transportation from the Norwegian Continental Shelf, is owned through joint ventures between the state and 14 companies transporting gas owned by all the Norwegian licensees.