Hammerfest LNG

An unplanned outage that started Wednesday at Equinor ASA’s Hammerfest LNG export facility in Norway is expected to last until June 8, according to a notice submitted to Gassco, the country’s transmission system operator.

Equinor ASA has halted LNG production at its Hammerfest export terminal in Norway to repair a leak only days after work was completed to resolve a separate issue that kept the plant offline for most of May. Emergency responders were dispatched to the 4.3 million metric tons/year facility early Friday, when a gas leak was…

Norway’s Equinor ASA reported it has fully cut ties with its Russian projects as it finishes a long-awaited restart of one of Europe’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals. Equinor launched a plan to end all future investments and divest from current partnerships in Russia shortly after the country’s forces invaded Ukraine in February. The…

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels are already arriving at Equinor ASA’s Hammerfest LNG terminal in Norway in preparation for a mid-May restart after over a year of repairs, according to analysts. The Norwegian energy company recently confirmed the 4.3 million metric tons/year terminal was on track for start-up on May 17. The project, which chills…

The almost 16-month-long repair operation at Equinor ASA’s Hammerfest liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Norway has been extended a few months more as the company deals with impacts from the latest Covid-19 variant. The Norwegian company reported plans Monday to push start-up of the 4.3 million metric tons/year terminal from the end of March…