“It forms part of the extensive work now being carried out on the Statfjord late-life project,” said Statoil spokesman Bjarne Bakken. “The new pipeline will allow late-life project gas to be exported to the UK market.”
Statfjord’s three platforms are being modified under a $2.68-billion project which will extend their lifespan to 2020 by boosting recoverable reserves by an estimated 32bn cum of gas, 25m brl of oil, and 60m brl of condensate. Operatorship of the Tampen Link pipe will be transferred to Norway’s gas pipeline operator Gassco when production starts up.