May 29 (LNGJ) - Equinor of Norway said it would restart Europe’s only baseload LNG export plant at Hammerfest on June 18 after scheduled maintenance of several weeks has been completed. Equinor’s liquefaction plant shut-down reduced natural gas production by 18 million cubic metres per day from the Snohvit feed-gas field.
The single-Train Hammerfest plant supplies cargoes to LNG import terminals such as those in Spain and in northwest Europe from the Netherlands to Lithuania. Equinor has 37 percent of the Snohvit field and the LNG plant and the other partners include French major Total and Germany’s Wintershall Dea.
