Equinor extends maintenance outage at Hammerfest LNG plant to July 29
Norway's Equinor has extended the maintenance outage at its Hammerfest LNG terminal, Europe's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility, by 10 days to July 29, the company said on Monday.
The Hammerfest plant in Arctic Norway, also known as Melkoeya LNG, went offline for annual maintenance on April 22, and was initially scheduled to return to operation on July 19 (learn more).
However, the facility will remain offline until July 29, an updated regulatory filing on the transparency website of infrastructure operator Gassco showed.
Melkoeya LNG has the capacity to deliver around 6.5 Bm3y of gas, enough to supply around 6.5 MM European homes, and accounts for roughly 5% of all Norwegian gas exports.
The plant at Melkoeya island receives gas from the Snoehvit field in the Barents Sea, some 143 km (89 mi) offshore. Its owners are Equinor, Petoro, TotalEnergies , Vaar Energi and Harbour Energy.
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