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Askeladd Field Ready To Deliver Gas To Hammerfest LNG

NATURAL GAS

The first phase of the Askellad satellite field will bring 18bcm of gas and 2mcm of condensate to the market via the Hammerfest LNG plant, Equinor said.

  • “Askeladd is now producing, the gas will help extend plateau production from Hammerfest LNG on Melkøya up to three years," Thor Johan Haave, Equinor’s VP operations & maintenance, Hammerfest LNG said.
  • The Hammerfest LNG export plant during normal production delivers 18.4mcm of gas per day, or 6.5bcm per year.
  • The project was originally completed in 2020, but start-up had to wait until the Melkøya plant resumed operations after the fire the same year.
  • Hammerfest LNG resumed operations in June, after a 20-months outage amid the fire.

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