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Ormen Lange ramp up delayed; back to normal by Thursday evening

OSLO, Oct 10 (Reuters) - A power consumption ramp up atRoyal Dutch Shell's giant Ormen Lange gas field inNorway has been delayed for a day, the Nordic power bourse saidin a market message on Wednesday.

Consumption at Ormen Lange, which gets all of its power fromthe national grid, was down to 20 megawatts (MW) from theinstalled effect of 200 MW, the bourse said.

It added it expected demand to be back to normal Thursdayevening.

(Reporting by Balazs Koranyi)

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