Facts about Hammerfest LNG
Hammerfest LNG commenced production in 2007. About 500 people work at the plant, including apprentices and contractors. Including spin-off effects, Hammerfest LNG employs a total of about 900 people in North Norway.
85 per cent of the revenues from Melkøya go to the Treasury through taxes and direct ownership (Petoro). In addition, there is the government's dividend on Equinor shares.
Every year, Hammerfest LNG contributes NOK 170 million in property tax to Hammerfest municipality. Snøhvit Future extends these revenues for the municipality beyond 2030 – in addition to increasing them by about 30 percent.
- Every day, Hammerfest LNG contributes to 6.5 million households having light and heat in their homes, and production from Melkøya corresponds to 5 per cent of Norway's total exports. LNG ships call at Melkøya every 5 days.
- During normal production, Hammerfest LNG delivers 6.5 billion cubic metres of LNG per year. In addition, there areLPG and condensate products.
- Hammerfest LNG is Norway's and Europe's first production facility for cooled liquefied natural gas (LNG). The three fields Snøhvit, Askeladd and Albatross are located approx. 143 km from Hammerfest and have been developed with a subsea solution where no installations are visible on the sea surface.
- Snøhvit was the first development in the southern Barents Sea and was the first major development on the Norwegian continental shelf without surface installations.
- The well stream is transported in a 143-kilometre pipeline for processing into liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the onshore facility on Melkøya near Hammerfest. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is separated and returned to the field by pipeline for injection into the aquifer (CCS), while LNG, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and condensates are shipped to the market.
- Gas from the Snøhvit and Albatross reservoirs came on stream in 2007, while Askeladd came on stream in December 2022, extending plateau production. The Askeladd West project, which is currently under development, will start in 2025 and will extend the plateau until Snøhvit Future starts up in 2028.