Barents Sea Pipeline

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Barents Sea Pipeline is a proposed gas pipeline in Norway's Barents Sea. There have been no development updates since 2017 and the project is presumed to be shelved.

Location

The Barents Sea Pipeline is a proposed pipeline that would bring oil from Askeladd field, Snøhvit field, Albatross to Hammerfest, Norway.

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Project Details

• Owners: Equinor ASA
• Current capacity:
• Length: 185 km / 115 mi
• Status: Shelved
• Start Year:

Background

The Barents Sea Pipeline is a part of the Snøhvit development. The development consists of two fields that are already producing: the Snøhvit and Albatross. The Askeladd field is the third discovery part of the Snøhvit development, which will be contributing to maintaining a full capacity utilisation at Melkøya LNG plant, outside the Norwegian city of Hammerfest. When developed, the Askeladd and Snøhvit total length of 185 km constitutes a world record of the longest subsea to shore tie-back distance.

Industry officials expect the cost of a full-fledged Barents pipeline to range from 10 billion to 30 billion Norwegian crowns, equivalent to $1.9-billion to $5.4-billion. Although the pipeline was first proposed in 2011, there have been no development updates since 2017 and the project is presumed to be shelved.