Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on June 27, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleShell boosts gas output at Norway's Ormen Lange with new subsea stations, enhancing European supply. Recovery increases from 75% to 85%.
OSLO (Reuters) -Energy major Shell and its partners have started up two subsea compression stations at Norway's Ormen Lange gas field to help boost recovery of gas reserves, which are exported to European markets, the companies said on Friday.
The new compressor stations will increase the amount of gas recovered from the field from 75% to 85%, adding an additional 30-50 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas, Shell said in a statement.
Gas from Ormen Lange is processed at the Nyhamna plant on Norway's west coast and exported to the European Union and Britain.
Norway in 2022 overtook Russia as Europe's biggest gas supplier after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, and maintains a programme of upgrades and exploration to maintain supply levels.
Ormen Lange is operated by Shell, which holds a 17.8% stake in the field, with the other stakes held by Petoro (36.5%), Equinor (25.3%), Orlen Upstream Norway (14%) and Vaar Energi (6.3%).
(Reporting by Nora Buli, editing by Terje Solsvik)
Shell and its partners have started up two subsea compression stations at Norway's Ormen Lange gas field to boost recovery of gas reserves.
The new compressor stations will increase the gas recovery from 75% to 85%, adding an additional 30-50 billion cubic metres of gas.
Gas from Ormen Lange is processed at the Nyhamna plant on Norway's west coast before being exported to the European Union and Britain.
Norway overtook Russia in 2022 as Europe's biggest gas supplier following the invasion of Ukraine.
Ormen Lange is operated by Shell, which holds a 17.8% stake, with other stakeholders including Petoro, Equinor, Orlen Upstream Norway, and Vaar Energi.
Explore more articles in the Finance category
