Hammerfest delay
May 16 (LNGJ) - Equinor has delayed the scheduled May 17 re-start of the Hammerfest LNG export plant on Melkøya Island in northern Norway for a week as repairs have taken longer than planned after the September 2020 fire.
“During the weekend, a minor fault was discovered on a compressor that needs to be rectified prior to start-up. The component is now being replaced, and the stepwise process towards operations continues through the week,” explained Equinor. “Hammerfest LNG has been prepared for production, but we are taking the extra time necessary to safely resume operations,” added the company
Norwegian body orders Equinor to fix safety concerns by June 1 for Hammerfest LNG to re-open after fire
Norwegian state-controlled energy company Equinor must fix a series of breaches of safety measures exposed by a fire in September 2020 by June 2021 if the Hammerfest LNG export plant on Melkoya Island is to re-open on scheduled.
Equinor comes to terms with Europe's only baseload LNG export plant staying shut until 2021 after fire
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.
