Europipe I

This article is about the first Europipe. For the second Europipe, see Europipe II.

Europipe I is a 670-kilometre-long (420 mi) natural gas pipeline from the North Sea to Continental Europe.

Europipe I gas pipeline
Location of Europipe I gas pipeline
Location
Country	Norway, Germany
General direction	north–south
From	Draupner E riser platform, North Sea
Passes through	North Sea
To	Emden, Germany
General information
Type	natural gas
Owner	Gassled
Operator	Gassco
Technical service provider	Statoil
Commissioned	1995
Technical information
Length	660 km (410 mi)
Maximum discharge	18 billion m3/a (640 billion cu ft/a)
Diameter	40 in (1,016 mm)

History

The feasibility study of the pipeline's project was conducted in 1990.^[1] On 20 April 1993, an agreement between Norway and Germany was concluded on the construction of Europipe.^[2] The pipeline was commissioned on 1 October 1995 and it cost 21.3 billion NOK.

Route

The pipeline runs from the Draupner E riser platform in the North Sea to a receiving terminal at Dornum in Germany. At Draupner E, it is connected with Zeepipe and Statpipe/Norpipe system. From Dornum a 48-kilometre-long (30 mi) land line runs to the metering station in Emden.

Technical description

The diameter of pipeline is 40 inches (1,000 mm) and the capacity is 18 billion cubic metres per annum (640 billion cubic feet per annum) of natural gas.^[3]

The pipeline is owned by Gassled partners and operated by Gassco. The technical service provider is Statoil.

See also

• Germany portal
• Energy portal

• Europipe II
• MIDAL
• Norpipe