The reopening of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Hammerfest, Norway, is expected to take place on May 27, four days after the previous plan, with a further delay in its operation, due to a fire that broke out in 2020, as announced yesterday, the gas system operator in Gassco.
This is the second postponement of the start of operation of the factory in less than a week. On May 16, plant-based Equinor reported that a small problem was identified in a compressor that needed to be replaced, delaying the plant from reopening until today (May 23).
The additional delay was caused by the time required to perform some test runs, according to the company. “Some final tests will have to be done on the compressor,” an Equinor spokesman told Reuters yesterday.
It is the only large-scale LNG plant in Europe located on Melkoeia Island just outside the Arctic city of Hammerfest.
In full operation, the said plant can produce 18 million cubic meters of gas per day.
The reopening of the plant will be good news for Europe, which is trying to find alternative energy supply solutions after the outbreak of war in Ukraine.
The production of the said plant corresponds to about 5% of Norway’s total gas export capacity.
The unit is supplied with natural gas from a field located 160 km in the Barents Sea. Following the closure of the plant, the Snoveit offshore field was forced to close.
In January, Equinor announced that more than 22,000 components had been inspected since the fire broke out, and 180 kilometers of power cables had been replaced.
The consortium that manages the said LNG plant includes Equinor, Norway’s Petoro, TotalEnergies, Neptune Energy and Wintershall Dea.
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