Equinor ASA EQNR, a Norwegian integrated energy firm, has announced an unexpected shutdown of its Hammerfest LNG plant in Arctic northern Norway. The LNG plant suffered a compression failure ...

The Hammerfest plant, also known as Melkoeya LNG, has the capacity to deliver ... and accounts for roughly 5% of all Norwegian gas exports. Production at Europe's largest liquefied natural gas ...

The LNG plant is Europe’s northernmost, but at the same time Norway’s biggest emitter of CO 2. Electrification by 2030 would thus help cut the climate gas emission by 850,000 tons annually.

January 8, 2025 Equinor extends Norway LNG outage by 10 days Equinor has extended an ongoing outage at its Hammerfest LNG plant in Arctic northern Norway by 10 days to Jan. 19 as it continues to ...