Nyhamna is a small

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on the northeast side of the island of Gossa in

Aukra Municipality Aukra is List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, region of Romsdalen. The administrative centre is the village of Aukrasanden, Falkhytta, which ...

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county,

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. It is located along the

Julsundet Julsundet is a long strait connecting the Norwegian Sea to the Romsdalsfjorden. The strait is located about west of the town of Molde in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The strait runs through Aukra Municipality, Hustadvika Municipality, and ...

strait, about northeast of the village of Varhaugvika and northeast of the village of

Aukrasanden Aukrasanden is a village in Aukra Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the southeast side of the island of Gossa. Just south of Aukrasanden is a ferry connection, across the Julsundet strait, to the vill ...

. The area was once a

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station, but is now an industrial area. Since 2002, it has been the landing place of the

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from the Ormen Lange gas field. At this facility, the gas enters a processing facility, the

Nyhamna Gas Plant The Nyhamna Gas Plant is a large and significant natural-gas processing plant in Aukra Municipality, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. As of January 2018, Norway was the world's third-largest natural gas exporter, after Russia and Qatar. History Constru ...

that is connected to the northern end of the Langeled pipeline which transports the gas under the sea to Easington in

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. The processing facility at Nyhamna processes about per year.

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Aukra Populated places in Møre og Romsdal Natural gas terminals {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub