Statoil completes laying Snøhvit gas line

Statoil ASA has finished laying the 143-km main gas pipeline from Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea to the Hammerfest LNG plant on Melkøya island in northern Norway (OGJ Online, Apr. 20, 2005).

June 8, 2005

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, June 8 -- Statoil ASA has finished laying the 143-km main gas pipeline from Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea to the Hammerfest LNG plant on Melkøya island in northern Norway (OGJ Online, Apr. 20, 2005).

The Solitaire laybarge completed laying the line on June 4. The line is being covered with gravel to reduce long free spans on the seabed.

LNG exports from Hammerfest are scheduled to begin Oct. 1, 2006.