Equinor Shuts Down Hammerfest LNG Plant, Halts Production for a Week

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, resulting in an unexpected shutdown. The outage is likely to affect production, as all output will cease for a week.Compression Failure Halts ProductionEquinor stated that a compressor that was used to remove CO2 from the gas stream and re-inject it into the ground suffered a failure. The repairs are expected to tak ...