Expects high Norwegian gas deliveries into the winter season

In 2025, we have had a less extensive maintenance program than in 2024 and 2023. Nevertheless, the period has been characterized by high maintenance activity on land, offshore, and in Europe, with several subsea projects, such as new connections from gas fields to the Kvitebjørn pipeline and the Statpipe system. 

The maintenance program is carefully planned far in advance, and activities are optimized and timed to minimize the impact on gas transport. This requires coordination and effective collaboration between field operators, processing plants, receiving terminals, and downstream operators. Gassco plays a central role in coordinating the parties. 

— Even when challenges and complications arise, the cooperation works very well across the companies and countries involved. This is the hallmark and the key to the high deliveries from the Norwegian shelf that we have seen over several decades, says Alfred Skår Hansen, Director of System Operations at Gassco. 

Deliveries into the Winter season 

Norwegian gas accounts for over 30% of European natural gas consumption and just under 9% of total energy consumption. In 2024, a new delivery record was set in the transport system: 117 BCM, equivalent to 1295 TWh. 

— Deliveries so far in 2025 are at a stable high level: from January to August, 76.8 BCM was delivered, an equivalent to 848.6 TWh. We are prepared for the high season and expect this level to remain high, even with a period of temporarily reduced capacity at the Kollsnes processing plant, says Hansen. 

The demand for Norwegian gas is at its highest ever, as is production on the Norwegian shelf. This, combined with continued low transport costs, low carbon intensity, and a solid delivery history, gives Norway a unique position in the European energy market. Gassco, as the operator of the Norwegian gas transport system, will continue to ensure safe and efficient energy deliveries.