Pipelines International: The Langeled Pipeline

As the 1,224 km Nord Stream Pipeline nears completion and prepares to transport gas through its second line, Pipelines International pays tribute the Langeled Pipeline by looking at what went into the construction of what was once the longest subsea pipeline in the world.

Between 2003 and 2007, a dedicated large diameter export pipeline called the Langeled was installed to transport dry gas from Nyhamna to the east coast of England in order to supply gas to the United Kingdom as part of the Ormen Lange gas development project.

The Ormen Lange Field, discovered in 1997, is located 120 km off the northwest coast of Norway in water depths of between 800 and 1,100 m. The field is the second largest gas field in on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, with recoverable gas estimated at 397 Bcm.  MORE