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NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet/Ormen Lange

Model of the Ormen Lange pipeline route. Photo © Norsk Hydro

Utstyr som Sperre AS produserer til utgraving på Ormen Lange-prosjektet.

The first ground has been broken for the giant Ormen Lange project. By autumn 2007, gas from this field was boiling the water for 10 million cups of tea in the UK every morning. Ormen Lange will be capable of supplying 20% of the UK's gas consumption for up to 40 years.

The process plant for the Ormen Lange field will be at Nyhamna in the municipality of Aukra in the County of Møre og Romsdal. The field itself lies 120 km offshore. The field is in a subsea depression left by the Storegga avalanche 8000 years ago. The wells will lie under 1000 m of water.

Sperre AS has surveyed the seabed along the planned pipeline route in order to identify any archaeological impacts of the project. One important find was made: a shipwreck dating from around 1745. Sperre AS has now been contracted to provide ROV equipment and operators to excavate the find.

Sperre AS is currently producing the equipment needed for the comprehensive programme of excavations and salvage to be carried out. The excavations will be led by NTNU's Museum of Natural History and Archaeology.

More about Ormen Lange at www.ormenlange.com
Read more about finding the shipwreck