Equinor Pushes Back Reopening of Hammerfest LNG Plant After Fire
April 26 2021 - 04:26AM
Dow Jones News
By Dominic Chopping
Equinor ASA said Monday it now expects its Hammerfest
liquefied-natural-gas processing plant to reopen on March 31, 2022,
following last September's fire.
The company said shortly after the fire that it expected the
plant to be closed for up to a year, but the comprehensive scope of
work and Covid-19 restrictions has now pushed back the estimated
start date.
Hammerfest LNG, on Norway's northern coast, receives and
processes natural gas from the Snohvit field in the Barents Sea,
with gas transported in a 160 kilometer pipeline to the
facility.
In addition to the damage caused by the fire to the air intake
on one of the plant's five gas turbines, firefighting also caused
substantial damage. More than 70,000 unique equipment components
were potentially exposed to seawater during the firefighting, while
inspections show that more than 180 kilometers of electric cable
must also be replaced, the company said.
New cables have been ordered and will arrive during this
spring/summer and other components are being procured for delivery
this summer/autumn. Several major equipment components, including
several compressors, must also be taken out of the plant and sent
for repair, the company said.
Equinor said it is still conducting an internal investigation of
the fire.
Write to Dominic Chopping at dominic.chopping@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 26, 2021 04:11 ET (08:11 GMT)
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