A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight

  • The estimated restart of Equinor ASA’s Hammerfest LNG plant has moved again, this time to next Wednesday (June 14), according to Norway’s gas network operator Gassco AS.
  • Hammerfest has been offline since the end of May after a gas leak was discovered, adding further pressure to Europe’s supply outlook. Export volumes to western Europe are reduced on major Norwegian pipelines through June due to maintenance.
  • Chevron Corp. has started producing gas from the Gorgon Phase 2 project offshore western Australia. The development project expands the Gorgon partnership’s gathering network that feeds the 15.6 million metric ton/year (mmty) liquefaction facility.
  • Grand Isle LNG is proposing a 4.2 mmty deepwater LNG export project...