Neptune Installing World’s Longest Heated Production Pipeline
Special to P&GJ
Neptune Energy began installation of the world’s longest heated subsea production pipeline in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
Installation of a 5.5-mile section of the pipeline. Photo: Neptune
Once completed, the 23-mile (36-km) electrically trace-heated (ETH) pipe-in-pipe solution will transport oil from the Neptune Energy-operated Fenja field to the Njord A platform, operated by Equinor.
The first phase of the installation saw a 5.5-mile (9-km) section safely installed and successfully tested.
“The installation and testing of the ETH pipe is a great technical achievement, as well as a milestone in the devel
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