Frigg

Frigg, natural gas field located in the North Sea, on the northeastern European continental shelf, in operation from the late 1970s to 2004. It lay about 125 miles (200 km) southwest of Bergen, Nor. The Frigg field was divided between the Norwegian and British sectors of the North Sea; Norway received about three-fifths of the gas extracted, and the United Kingdom took in the remainder. Smaller fields composing the Norwegian sector of the Frigg area included the Odin and Heimdal fields, as well as the East, Southeast, and Northeast Frigg fields; the British sector comprised the Bruce field. After 1977 gas from Frigg was sent some 217 miles (350 km) to Saint Fergus, Scot., via two parallel 32-inch (81-cm) pipelines for refining. Following the cessation of operations, a plan to dismantle the platforms and other installations in the field was put into effect.