NORWAY GAS-Flows to Europe rise as Kollsnes returns
* Kollsnes plan ramps up production
* Flows to Britain rise strongly
OSLO, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Norwegian gas exports to Europe roseon Friday morning as key gas processing plant restarted after apower supply glitch shut it on Thursday.
Exports to Europe including Britain rose by 47.8 millioncubic metres (mcm) to 287.4 mcm per day by 0715 GMT compared to239.6 mcm daily average on Thursday.
The export figures are based on gas fed into the system at acertain point in time and calculated to a daily average.
Supplies to Britain, Europe's biggest traded market, gainedby 33.6 mcm to 80.7 mcm, and combined flows to the Netherlandsand Germany firmed by 11.6 mcm to 128.3 mcm.
Deliveries to Belgium inched up by 1.6 mcm to 35.3 mcm, andremained steady to France at 43.1 mcm.
Volumes can change throughout the day as producers adjustthe amount of gas they pump into the system.
Norway's 145 mcm Kollsnes gas processing plant shut downunexpectedly on Thursday due to power supply failure, but hasramped up production since.
The plant, which also had problems with its compressors, isexpected to return to full capacity on Saturday morning.
Norway is the second-biggest pipeline gas supplier to Europeafter Russia.
Spot price settlements at European gas trading hubs:
Gas hub Pvs trading session October 4NBP 26.1/61.3 26.1/61.4TTF 26.0 25.6NCG 26.0 25.6Gaspool 25.9 25.6Zeebrugge 25.9 25.9Peg Nord 26.0 25.7Peg Sud 26.2 26.0Oil-indexed price 37.36/87.12 37.36/87.12
NOTE: Prices are in euros per megawatt-hours, except for NBP andoil-indexed prices, which are also given in pence per therm.Oil-indexed price is a monthly estimate by Thomson Reuters PointCarbon.
(Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis, editing by William Hardy)
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