The Snøhvit partners will invest NOK 13.2 billion (2022) in upgrading the Hammerfest LNG plant, HLNG, at Melkøya. The project involves gas onshore compression and electrification and will secure the future of HLNG. Onshore gas compression will provide enough flow from the reservoir to extend plateau production and maintain high gas exports from HLNG beyond 2030.
A liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant located on Melkøya island, off the Arctic town of Hammerfest, Norway, is due to restart production within a week following a period of downtime due to a fire that caused extensive damage in September 2020.