Type:
Gas
Facility:
Others
Water Depth:
0
Installed:
2012
meters
Block:
NA
Design:
Others
Sub Structure:
0
Topsides Wgt:
0
tonnes
tonnes
Intro
Europipe refers to the subsea natural gas pipeline system transporting dry natural gas from the Norwegian North Sea to continental Europe. Europipe I runs from the Draupner E riser platform to landfall at Dornum in Germany, coming into service in 1995. It is part of the integrated gas export infrastructure linking fields on the Norwegian shelf to European gas markets.
Field
The pipeline system gathers gas from multiple fields via the Draupner E hub and other connected segments of the Norwegian network before export to Germany. It supports European demand and integrates into broader transmission networks.
Facilities
Europipe infrastructure comprises the deepwater pipeline segment (offshore) and associated riser systems at the Draupner E platform where flow from Norwegian gas fields is commingled and fed southward. Offshore, the pipeline spans ~620–660-km, 40-inch diameter, with subsea engineering designed to handle high-pressure dry gas. At the Dornum landfall terminal, pressure is reduced, metered, and quality-checked before the gas enters the onshore 42-inch connection to the Emden metering station. Utilities include corrosion protection (cathodic), remote control and monitoring via SCADA, pigging launchers/receivers for maintenance, and emergency isolation valves. Europipe ensures reliable export capacity for Norwegian gas into continental Europe’s transmission grid as part of the Gassled/Gassco system.
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