New Record for Norwegian Gas Delivery

Gas piped from fields off Norway to receiving terminals in Germany, Belgium, France and the UK totalled 107.6 billion standard cubic metres (scm) in 2012, according to the national gas transport authority. This figure was an increase of 13.4 billion scm on 2011.

“This represents a new record for Norway’s annual gas deliveries,” said Brian Bjordal, chief executive of transport system operator Gassco.
“That reflects high and stable output from the Norwegian continental shelf and strong demand, which confirms in turn that gas from Norway is more attractive than ever.”

Figures from a Gassco statement show that 1.4 billion scm of Norwegian gas were delivered to domestic consumers in 2012, compared with 1.6 billion the year before.

An average regularity of 99.69% was achieved for the network last year, compared with 99.17% in 2011. Deliveries of NGL’s and condensate from the processing plants at Kårstø and Kollsnes totalled 7, 960,847 tonnes, compared with 7,993,309 tonnes in 2011.