- Fire shut plant on Sept. 28.
- Plant was supposed to reopen Jan. 1.
- Will now reopen in Oct. 2021.
According to a Reuters report written by Terje Solsvik, Norway’s Hammerfest LNG plant fire repairs could take a year -Equinor.
LNG plant to remain closed till 2021
Equinor’s Melkoeya liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Norway could remain closed until October 2021 as extensive repairs are carried out following a fire last month, the company said on Monday.
The plant, also known as Hammerfest LNG, had previously been scheduled to reopen on Jan. 1.
The fire on Sept. 28 in one of the plant’s electricity-generating turbines was extinguished after about six hours, Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority said at the time.
Sea water damaged
“In addition to damage caused by the fire on the air intake on one of the plant’s five power turbines, large amounts of sea water from the extinguishing have damaged other auxiliary systems such as electrical equipment and cables in the plant,” Equinor said in a statement.
“It is the scope of work of these consequential damages that are considered the most extensive and the duration of the shutdown will depend on the delivery time of necessary equipment,” Equinor said.
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Source: Reuters
