The Norwegian continental shelf ( Norwegian : Den norske kontinentalsokkelen ) (abbreviated as NCS ) is the continental shelf over which Norway exercises sovereign rights as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea .
2-1044: Gassled is a partnership to own the offshore natural gas transportation infrastructure at the Norwegian continental shelf . Its pipelines are operated by Gassco . Gassled was created in 2002 and it became operational on 1 January 2003. Its original partners were Petoro , Norsk Agip , ExxonMobil , Fortum , Norske Shell , Norsk Hydro , Statoil , TotalFinaElf and ConocoPhillips . As of 4 January 2018, its partners are Petoro (46.697%), Solveig Gas Norway (owned by CPP Investment Board , Allianz Capital Partners , and Infinity Investments – 25.553%), CapeOmega (owned by Partners Group Holdings AG – 11.235%), Silex Gas Norway (owned by Allianz – 6.428%), Infragas Norge (owned by CPP Investment Board – 5.006%), Statoil (5%), and Dea Norge (0.081%). Dea has agreed to sell its stake to CapeOmega. Originally, Gassled owned Aasgard Transport, Statpipe , Europipe II , Zeepipe , Franpipe , Oseberg Gas Transport, Vesterled and Norpipe , as also
4-682: The gas treatment complex at Kårstø , and three receiving terminals at Emden in Germany and one at St Fergus in the United Kingdom . Later, also ownership of the receiving terminals at Zeebrugge in Belgium and Dunkerque in France , Europipe I , Kvitebjoern pipeline, Norne Gas Transport System, Langeled pipeline and terminal , and Kollsnes gas processing plant were merged into Gassled. Norwegian continental shelf The area of
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