Kollsnes is a natural gas processing plant operated by

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on the southern part of the island of Oøy in Øygarden Municipality in

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. It processes the

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from the

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, Kvitebjørn, and Visund gas fields. Kollsnes has a capacity of of natural gas per day.

Operation

At Kollsnes, the

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(NGL) are separated out of the gas. The dry gas is compressed and then shoved by large compressors out in the pipe systems that transport it to the customers. In 1999, it was decided that the gas from Kvitebjørn was to be landed at Kollsnes. The consistency of the gas from the field made it well suited to be reprocessed to upgraded products. The new plant that was built cost , with operations starting on 1 October 2004. Starting in October 2005, the gas from Visund is also landed at Kollsnes. With a capacity of gas per day and large flexibility, the new NGL plant can process gas from new fields that would be built. Though the Vestprosess gas pipeline, the plant at Kollsnes is linked to the plants at Mongstad, where the NGL from Kollsnes is fractioned into propane, butane, and

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. The gas from Kollsnes is transported through the four pipe systems Statpipe, Zeepipe, Europipe I, and Franpipe to continental Europe and supplies

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, the

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, and the

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with gas. The pipes are owned by Gassled, operated by Gassco while the technical responsibility is handled by Equinor.

Power Consumption

In 2009, the electric power consumption of the plant was per year. This had increased from per year in 1996.

References

External links

Equinor page on Kollsnes
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