Our Operations Technology & Innovation Sustainability Careers Investor Centre News & Media About Statoil Home / Our Operations / Natural Gas / Processing and transport OUR OPERATIONS Exploration and production New Energy Natural Gas A major gas player Strong market position Processing and transport Arctic gas for customers Gas from the Caspian Sea Gas in a climate perspective What is natural gas? A player in the world’s largest and most liquid market – the U.S. Operational information European Gas Advocacy Forum News – Natural gas Procurement Pipelines Production facilities Trading Decommissioning Future volumes The far north Processing and transport Gas from the Norwegian Continental Shelf is an important part of Europe’s energy supply. Due to its well-developed infrastructure and extremely high regularity, Norwegian gas represents a safe and reliable source of energy. The offshore pipeline system on the Norwegian Continental Shelf is the largest of its kind in the world. It extends a total of 8,100 kilometers and connects fields with processing facilities on the Norwegian mainland and with six landing points in France, Germany, Belgium and the UK. Statoil has extensive experience in developing and operating subsea gas pipelines. The group is responsible for the technical operation of important parts of the Norwegian pipeline network on behalf of the state operator, Gassco. Statoil also has technical operating responsibility for Europe’s largest gas processing plant at Kårstø, north of Stavanger, and at the Kollsnes plant outside Bergen. Gassco is the operator of both of these processing plants. Both facilities play a key role in the treatment and transportation of gas from the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The process separates the wet components such as condensate, ethane, propane, butane and naphtha, which is shipped to customers around the world. Dry gas (primarily methane) is transported in pipelines to customers in Europe. The Norwegian gas transport system is owned by the Gassled partnership. SHARE Statoil.com GoodIdeas Innovate Heroes of tomorrow Statoil websites Norsk Terms and conditions Privacy policy Site info Feedback Sitemap Contact © Statoil 2014