Hammerfest LNG Snohvit
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Statoil 33.53 %, Petoro 30.00 %, Total E&P Norge 18.40 %, GDF Suez E&P 12.00 %, Hess 3.26 %, RWE Dea Norge 2.81 %
- Website: http://www.statoil.com/
- Location: Melkøya, just outside the shipping channel into Hammerfest
- Capacity: 4.3 million tons/annum
Brief Description
- A large single train LNG liquifaction plant, the only one in Europe and the only on to use the Linde MFC process
Technical Details
- Storage capacity: one 220,000 m3 LNG tank
- Constructor:
- Licensor: Linde - Mixed Fluid Cascade Process
Ongoing Projects/Project Status
- The partners in the Snøhvit licence have conducted a feasibility study of processing capacity expansion of Hammerfest LNG plant, Melkøya called Snøhvit Train II, and have now decided to study technical concepts that may make further expansion economically feasible.
- The next investment decision is still some years away. A possible investment decision may be made towards the end of 2013 at the earliest, and the plant can be expected to be online in 2018, at the earliest.
- For details see Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Expansion Project
Suppliers / Customers
- Suppliers: The Snohvit, Albatross and Askeladd Gas Fields under the Barents Sea
- Customers:
History
- The plant was started up in 2007
Other Information
- Snøhvit is the first LNG production plant in Europe
Relevant Links
- Information from Statoil
- Information from Linde
- Project data from Aker Solutions
- CAPACITY AND TECHNOLOGY FOR THE SNØHVIT LNG PLANT
- Statoil considering a new LNG plant
- Project Summary from Hydrocarbons Technology
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