Nyhamna is a small peninsula on the northeast side of the island of Gossa in Aukra Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county,

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. It is located along the

Julsundet Julsundet is a long strait connecting the Norwegian Sea to the Romsdalsfjorden. The strait is located about west of the town of Molde in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The strait runs through the municipalities of Fræna, Aukra, Molde, a ...

strait, about northeast of the village of Varhaugvika and northeast of the village of Aukrasanden. The area was once a

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station, but is now an industrial area. Since 2002, it has been the landing place of the

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from the Ormen Lange (gas field) gas field. At this facility, the gas enters a processing facility, the Nyhamna Gas Plant that is connected to the northern end of the

Langeled pipeline The Langeled pipeline (originally known as Britpipe) is an underwater gas pipeline transporting Norwegian natural gas to the United Kingdom. Before the completion of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, it was the longest subsea pipeline in the world. ...

which transports the gas under the sea to Easington in

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. The processing facility at Nyhamna processes about per year.

References

Aukra Populated places in Møre og Romsdal Natural gas terminals {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub