Inspections have shown that a fire last month at Equinor ASA’s Hammerfest liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in northern Norway will require at least a year’s worth of work to repair, the company said Monday. The fire broke out in the air intake of one of the plant’s five power turbines, which caused extensive damage,…
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LNG Recap: U.S. Exports Rebound as Global Natural Gas Market Tightens
Feed gas deliveries to U.S. export terminals from Maryland to the Gulf Coast continued ramping up on Tuesday as the global gas market tightened and the latest hurricane to hit Louisiana spared liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants after making landfall last week. Cameron LNG, which was still ramping up following Hurricane Laura, opted to shut…

Equinor’s Hammerfest LNG in Norway Shut Down by Fire, Adding to Supply Crunch
A fire that broke out Monday at Equinor ASA’s Hammerfest liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in northern Norway has forced the company to shut down the plant indefinitely, compounding unplanned supply outages elsewhere in the world. The fire broke out in one of the turbines that power the 4.3 million metric tons per year (mmty)…