Gassco of Norway on Tuesday opened a new facility for receiving gas exports from Norway in Emden, Germany.
The facility replaces the existing Norsea Gas Terminal (NGT), which became operational in 1977 in connection with the development of Norway’s Ekofisk field, Gassco said in a statement.
It receives a substantial proportion of the Norwegian gas delivered to Germany through the Norpipe pipeline.
The terminal has a daily capacity of 34.1 million standard cubic metres (scm), and although the export capacity for Norwegian gas has not been increased, Gassco said “the new terminal’s functionality will meet future demand for processing gas from the Ekofisk area and other parts of the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).”
The financial investment decision on the project was taken in the autumn of 2012 with construction works beginning in the autumn of 2013.