Gassco Takes Over at Valemon Rich Gas Pipeline

The pressure test of the Valemon Rich Gas Pipeline has been approved, and Gassco has taken over the operatorship of 177-kilometre facility which will carry rich gas to the Heimdal field centre in the North Sea for further processing.

Gassco has thereby become the operator for the Valemon Rich Gas Pipeline joint venture, which owns the 22-inch pipeline, with Statoil as its technical service provider (TSP).

The Valemon Rich Gas Pipeline runs to a tie-in on the existing Huldra pipeline. Its available technical capacity is 13 million standard cubic metres per day (scm/d).

Valemon is a gas and condensate field located about 10 kilometres west of Kvitebjørn in the northern part of the Norwegian North Sea and operated by Statoil.

The field is currently under development, with production estimated to start in Q4 2014.

“Taking over as the operator of a new pipeline calls for extensive planning,” says Jan Hauge, executive vice president for system operation in Gassco. “We’ve achieved this through a very good collaboration with Statoil. The next milestone in the project will be to complete dewatering of the pipeline during November.”

Related: Gassco Gets Nod for Valemon Rich Gas Pipeline

The PSA has given Gassco AS consent to use the Valemon rich gas pipeline between the Valemon and Heimdal fields in the North Sea.

The consent applies to the use of the rich gas pipeline between the Valemon field and the riser facility at the Heimdal field.

Press Release, October 10, 2014