Shell and its partners have started up two subsea compressors to boost the recovery rate at the Ormen Lange natural gas field in the Norwegian Sea, the UK-based supermajor, which operates the field, said on Friday. Shell expects the compression stations to raise the gas recovery rate to 85% from the current 75%. The two new compressor stations are installed on the seabed 120 kilometers (75 miles) from shore and are directly connected to the processing plant at Nyhamna. The increased recovery rate will allow the extraction of 30–50…
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