Grane Oil Pipeline

Pipeline system in Norway

Grane oil pipeline

Location
Country| Norway
Coordinates| 60°37′16″N 4°51′09″E﻿ / ﻿60.6211°N 4.8524°E﻿ / 60.6211; 4.8524
General direction| south-southeast
From| Grane oil field
To| Sture terminal
General information
Type| oil
Operator| Statoil
Commissioned| 2003
Technical information
Length| 220 km (140 mi)
Maximum discharge| 0.265 million barrels per day (~1.32×10 ~~^~~ 7 t/a)
Diameter| 29 in (737 mm)

The Grane oil pipeline (Norwegian: Grane oljerørledning) is a pipeline system in western Norway. It is 220 kilometres (140 mi) long and runs from Grane oil field to the Sture terminal, located 65 kilometres (40 mi) north of Bergen, Norway. The pipeline operations commenced with start of production in the Grane oil field.[1]

## Technical features

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The pipeline diameter is 29 inches (740 mm). The capacity of the Grane oil pipeline is 34,000 cubic metres per day (1,200,000 cu ft/d) of oil.[2] The greatest sea depth pipeline passes through is 355 metres (1,165 ft) - through the Norwegian Trench. Over 110,000 tonnes of rock and gravel were used on the seabed to establish the correct foundation for the pipeline.[3] The estimated lifetime of the pipeline is expected to be 30 years.[1]

## Ownership

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The Grane pipeline is operated by Statoil and includes other partners.

Company  | Share

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Petoro AS | 48.60%
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS | 25.60%
Statoil  | 24.40%
Norske Conoco AS | 2.4%

Total investment at start-up was nearly 1.6 billion NOK's.[1]

## See also

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* Norway portal
* Energy portal

* Oseberg oil field
* Grane oil field
* Sture terminal
* North Sea oil

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Grane Oil Pipeline". Scandinavian Oil and Gas Magazine. 2007-07-29. Retrieved 2009-12-07.[dead link]
2. ^ Energy Information Administration. Official energy Statistics from the U.S. Government
3. ^ "Grane oil pipeline in place" (Press release). Norsk Hydro. 2002-08-21. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2009-12-07.

## External links

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* Norsk Hydro official site

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