Pipelines

DNV issues certificates for completed Baltic Pipe project

Jan. 5, 2023

Energinet has received Certificates of Conformity for its section of the recently completed $2 billion offshore Baltic Pipe gas project.

The Baltic Pipe project is being developed in cooperation with the Danish gas and electricity transmission system operator Energinet and the Polish gas transmission system operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.

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After three years of construction work and even longer preparation, the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline became ready Nov. 30, 2022. It connects Norway, Denmark and Poland and helps ensure security of supply in Europe.

OSLO, Norway—Energinet, Denmark’s national transmission system operator for electricity and natural gas, has received Certificates of Conformity for its section of the recently completed offshore Baltic Pipe gas project.

The £2 billion ($2.38 billion) pipeline, with an annual capacity of 10 Bcm, will transport gas from fields offshore Norway to Denmark and on to Poland.

DNV came onboard early in the project to perform technical assurance services, and ultimately assist the Authority with permitting for making the new infrastructure operational. Its work scope included independent verification, independent modeling and submarine pipeline certification to DNV-SE-0475.

Acceptance criteria comprised the Danish Continental Shelf Law, the DNV-ST-F101 standard, and other underlying DNV standards and recommended practices. DNV performed the work during the project’s engineering, procurement, construction, installation, hookup and commissioning phases.

The Baltic Pipe attained a final investment decision in 2018 and was part-funded by the EU. The gas should help Poland diversify away from coal-fired power and cut its CO₂ emissions, in line with the aims of the REPowerEU plan.

The latter aims to advance the "green transition" while increasing the resilience of the EU-wide energy system, speeding up the move away from dependence on fossil fuels from Russia.

01.05.2023