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 located and brought under control. Personnel were moved from the factory area to an administrative building as a precaution, but no injuries were reported. 

Equinor spokesperson Ellen Maria Skjelsbæk told NGI that work is underway to repair the problem, but it is unclear when liquefied natural gas production would resume. 

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