The Sleipner gas platform, off the coast of Norway, was shut after a crack was found in a pipeline. Photo: Bloomberg
Urgent repairs to a pipe on a gas platform in Norway are underway but the event served as a grim reminder that small outages can send European prices soaring.
Helicopters carrying equipment and engineers have arrived at the Sleipner platform 250 kilometres off the coast of Norway to repair a small crack in a pipeline that is the width of golf ball. The field’s riser platform is a key connection point in Europe’s gas network.
