Barents Stream Pipeline

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Barents Stream Pipeline is a shelved gas pipeline in the Barents Sea, just north of Norway.

Location

The Barents Sea Pipeline is a proposed pipeline that will connect gas fields discovered in the Barents Sea with either the Asgard transport pipeline or the Polarled pipeline currently operating in Norway.

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Project details

• Operator: Gassco
• Owner:
• Parent company:
• Capacity:
• Length: 1000 km
• Diameter:
• Status: Shelved
• Start year:
• Cost: EUR 400 million
• Associated infrastructure: Asgard Transport System, Polarled Gas Pipeline

Background

In 2020, the Barents Sea pipeline was considered for development, with a route that will connect the Askeladd fields and other gas reserves in the Barents Sea with existing pipeline infrastructure, at the Asgard transport pipeline (1000 km) or the with the Polarled pipeline (820km). Gassco and Rystad Energy collaborated to complete a feasibility assessment for the project, determining the project would be profitable if an additional 40bcm of gas was discovered on the continental shelf.

However, no additional progress has been made on this project, and with the final investment decision being taken on an alternative pipeline (Barents Sea Pipeline), this project is assumed to be shelved.