The Zeepipe is a natural gas transportation system to transport North Sea natural gas to the receiving terminal at Zeebrugge in Belgium.
The total costs of Zeepipe system is around 24.2 billion NOK. It is owned by Gassled partners and operated by Gassco. The technical service provider is Statoil. The Zeebrugge receiving terminal is owned by Fluxys (51%) and Gassled partners (49%).
Originally, there was a plan to build an intermediate service platform to the pipeline to tie in future compression facilities and to enable the pipeline to be pigged in two sections. However, due to technological development it is possible to serve the pipeline as one pigging segment and the need for the service platform was eliminated.
The second section of Zeepipe I consists of a pipeline from Draupner Field to Sleipner. It links Zeepipe with Statpipe.
The contract for pre-commissioning and commissioning of Zeepipe 1 was awarded to Halliburton Halliburton awarded engineering and procurement sub-contracts to Brown and Root Engineering Ltd. The pipeline was laid by Semac 1 and Castoro Sei pipe-laying ships.
Zeepipe IIA
Zeepipe IIB
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