Statoil of Norway said it has shut down its Melkoya LNG plant outside Hammerfest, for planned maintenance, Bloomberg reported, citing Ola Anders Skauby, Statoil’s spokesman.
“ During the production halt various maintenance and modification work that requires a plant shut down will be performed ,” he said.
The LNG plant will undergo three weeks of work this month and a second period lasting a week in June.
The Hammerfest terminal has a capacity to produce 4.3 million mt/year of LNG.
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LNG World News Staff, May 18, 2012; Image: Statoil