Work on Statoil’s Mongstad energy project (EVM) at Mongstad near Bergen has started. Plans call for a combined-heat and power (CHP) station to come online in 2010. The construction phase starts with clearing and levelling of the 18,000-sq-m site where the CHP station will be situated. The EVM project comprises the laying of a new gas pipeline from the Kollsnes gas processing plant near Bergen and construction of the CHP station. Additional tie-in work between the CHP station and the present Mongstad refinery will also take place. Danish Oil and Natural Gas (Dong) Energy will construct, own and operate the station. The agreement between Statoil and Dong Energy is valid for 20 years.
