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Norway's gas exports return to normal after cold snap

by Staff Writers
 Oslo (AFP) Jan 12, 2010
 Norway's natural gas exports were almost back to normal on Tuesday after several days' disruption due to the cold weather in Europe, Norwegian pipeline operator Gassco said.

"The situation has pretty much returned to normal," Gassco spokesman Kjell Varlo Larsen told AFP.

A gas treatment plant in Kaarstoe in southwestern Norway and a processing facility for the offshore gas field Ormen Lange resumed operations after a weekend closure attributed to a build-up of ice in their pipes.

"The Kaarstoe plant has resumed production and is producing almost at full capacity," Larsen said.

Anglo-Dutch oil and gas company Shell said meanwhile that production at Ormen Lange, Norway's second-biggest gas field which normally supplies Britain, was "slowly ramped up" after resuming operations on Monday.

According to Gassco, Norway is the world's second-biggest gas exporter behind Russia.

In 2009, the Scandinavian country exported some 96.6 billion cubic metres of gas by pipeline, primarily to Britain, Germany, France and Belgium.




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 The cold snap that has gripped Europe for two weeks has caused severe disruptions to natural gas exports from the world's second-biggest gas exporter Norway, Norwegian pipeline operator Gassco said Monday. "It's very hard to put a number on the reduction (of exports), since production generally varies from day to day, but it is significant," Gassco spokesman Kjell Varlo Larsen told AFP. ... read more
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