Tjeldbergodden industrial facility
Photo: Ole Jørgen Bratland
Methanol production
The methanol plant is the largest in Europe, and when first opened, it was the first time natural gas had been used on a significant scale for industrial production in Norway. The plant’s methanol production capacity is around 900,000 tonnes of methanol per year, and gas from the Heidrun field on Haltenbanken is transported via the 250 km 16" Haltenpipe pipeline.
Volumes from Tjeldbergodden account for approximately 25% of total European methanol production and about 10% of consumption. Equinor’s share in the plant is 82.01%, while ConocoPhillips Scandinavia owns 17.99%.
Gas receiving terminal and air separation plant
Alongside the methanol plant is a gas receiving terminal for natural gas from the Heidrun field, and an air separation plant.
Environment
The methanol plant at Tjeldbergodden is one of the world’s most energy-efficient large-scale methanol producers, with low CO2 emissions per tonne produced. The emissions of carbon dioxide are around 0.3 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of methanol, while the emissions of nitrogen oxide are around 120 tonnes per year.
The gas terminal is part of Haltenpipe and is owned by:
Petoro 57.8%
Equinor 19.1%
ConocoPhillips Scandinavia 18.1%
Vår Energi 5%
The air separation plant is owned by:
Equinor 50.9%
Linde 37.8%
ConocoPhillips Scandinavia 11.3%