Gassco

Gassco AS
Company typeState owned
IndustryPetroleum
Founded2001
HeadquartersKopervik, Norway
Key people
Frode Leversund (CEO)
ProductsNatural gas pipelines
OwnerGovernment of Norway
Number of employees
352 (2017)
Websitewww.gassco.no

Gassco is a Norwegian state owned company that operates 8,800 kilometres (5,500 mi) of natural gas pipes and associated riser platforms and land-based facilities transporting annually of 100 billion cubic meter (bcm) of natural gas from the Norwegian continental shelf to Continental Europe and Great Britain.

15% of the total consumption of natural gas in Continental Europe is distributed through Gassco. The actual ownership is organised through various licences, with Gassled, being the largest. Gassled is owned by Petoro.