LNG

Equinor, the operator of the LNG export plant on Melkoya Island in Northern Norway, said that the facility would not be re-starting until early 2021 after a fire described as a very serious incident that had disturbed local residents in the nearby town of Hammerfest.

US federal regulators and representatives of Cheniere Energy, owner of the Sabine Pass export plant in Louisiana, have held talks on the measures planned following an order issued in February to shut down two of the five storage tanks at the facility.