The proposal by the European Commission will likely struggle to get support either from outside or within the bloc. [Gas in Transition, Volume 1, Issue 8]
Norwegian gas supply down 1.4% in March
Apr 20, 2021 9:45:am
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by: Joseph Murphy
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Norwegian gas supply fell 1.4% month on month in March to 316.5mn m
3/day, which was also 0.7% below the forecast, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) reported on April 20. Year-on-year, production was down 8.4% despite the cold weather in March and the depletion of storage sites across Europe.
Output is expected to slump to 276mn m
3/d in April and then 274mn m
3/d in May and further again in June as the planned maintenance season gets underway. But it should then bounce back to 316mn m
3/d in July. Supply is expected to decline again in late summer and early autumn, before recovering to 334mn m
Equinor Relaunches Methanol Plant After Fire
Feb 22, 2021 8:10:am
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Equinor Relaunches Methanol Plant After Fire
Norway s Equinor has resumed production at its methanol plant at Tjeldbergodden, after a fire broke out at the facility s compressor building on December 2 last year, leading to its decommissioning. The safe start-up preparations have gone according to plan and the facility is now supplying methanol to the market, Equinor said in a statement on February 20.
The Tjeldbergodden plant has been in operation since 1997 and produces up to 900,000 metric tons/year of methanol from gas supplied from the offshore Heidrun field. It accounts for around 25% of Europe s total methanol production and about 10% of its consumption. Equinor operates the facility with a 82% interest, while ConocoPhillips has 18%.