Europipe II

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Europipe II is a 658 kilometers long natural gas pipeline, which runs from the Kårstø processing plant north of Stavanger to a receiving terminal at Dornum in Germany. The diameter of pipeline is 42 inches and the capacity is 24 bcm of natural gas annually. Most of the gas is supplied from StatoilHydro's Åsgard, Sleipner East/West, Gullfaks and Statfjord fields. At Dornum the gas goes into the 341 kilometers long Netra (Norddeutsche Erdgas Transversale) gas pipeline, which runs to Salzwedel in eastern Germany.

The Europipe II pipeline was commissioned in 1999 and it cost 9.6 billion NOK. The pipeline is operated by Gassco, the technical service provider is StatoilHydro.

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