“Hammerfest LNG is back in production as of this afternoon,” a spokesperson for Equinor told LNG Prime late on Tuesday.
“The production was halted due to heating in a transformer, following safety procedures,” the spokesperson said.
Earlier this month, Equinor resumed operations at the Hammerfest LNG export plant after an extended maintenance shutdown.
Equinor closed the plant on the island of Melkøya for yearly maintenance on April 22.
The LNG plant mainly supplies European countries with LNG.
According to Equinor, its production capacity of around 6.5 bcm of gas per year is enough to supply 6.5 million households with light and heat.
The LNG terminal liquefies natural gas coming from the Snohvit field in the Barents Sea.
Gas reaches Hammerfest LNG via a 160-kilometer gas pipeline which became operational in the autumn of 2007.
Equinor is the operator of both the Snohvit field and Hammerfest LNG with a 36.8 percent stake.
Other license owners of Snohvit are Petoro (30 percent), TotalEnergies EP Norge (18.4 percent), Neptune Energy Norge (12 percent), and Wintershall Dea Norge (2.81 percent).
In addition, the partners are currently working on upgrading the facility.
The Snohvit Future project will extend the productive life of Hammerfest LNG past 2030, and includes onshore compression and electrification of the LNG terminal.
