Norway’s Equinor outlines plans for more European natural gas supplies from NCS existing infrastructure
Equinor, the Norwegian energy major, LNG plant owner and pipeline natural gas supplier to Europe, is increasing gas output on the Norwegian Continental Shelf with a gas field joint venture.
Norway discovery
Jan 18 (LNGJ) - Equinor, the Norwegian LNG and pipeline natural gas supplier for Europe, has made a commercial gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea with between 2 billion cubic metres and 11 Bcm of recoverable gas, or about 12.6-69.2 million barrels of oil equivalent.
Exploration wells in the Norwegian Sea were drilled by the “Deepsea Stavanger” drilling rig about 23 kilometres (14 miles) south of the previous Irpa gas discovery. Equnor’s field partners are Norway’s state-run energy body Petoro and German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea. “We will together with our partners consider a tie-back of this discovery to Irpa, for which we recently submitted a plan for development and operation,” said Grete B. Haaland, Equinor’s Vice President for Exploration and Production North.
Equinor says Hammerfest LNG export plant is likely to be shut until October 2021 for fire damage repairs
Equinor, the Norwegian oil and gas company, said the Hammerfest LNG export plant that suffered a fire last month will likely be closed until October 2021 for repairs, cutting more than 60 cargoes from the European market for the next year.
