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Hammerfest LNG
Norway's only Arctic seaborne LNG export terminal, on Melkoya island; operated by Equinor at roughly 4.3 Mtpa.
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#20 19 Jun
Equinor takes FID on Troll TWIN
European Energy Markets#18 13 Jun
Remained offline under simultaneous compressor fault and planned maintenance through 16 June
European Energy Markets: Hammerfest runs two live outages at once#13 29 May
Mentioned in: May heatwave squeezes injection to 0.3 pp/day
European Energy Markets#13 29 May
Mentioned in: Troll A extended to 31 May; 51 mcm/day worst case
European Energy Markets#13 28 May
Mentioned in: TTF holds EUR 46-47 range; NBP reaches parity
European Energy Markets#13 27 May
Mentioned in: Central EU hub premiums top EUR 2/MWh above TTF
European Energy Markets#12 26 May
Remained offline since 22 April with no fresh restart guidance, compounding total Norwegian supply loss
European Energy Markets: Troll fault pulls Norwegian gas offline#12 26 May
Mentioned in: TTF confirms EUR 50 as a ceiling
European Energy Markets#11 22 May
Mentioned in: TTF retraces to EUR 47.69 on Trump
European Energy Markets#11 19 May
Remained offline for final 9 days of April, partially explaining the 0.6 bcm month-on-month decline
European Energy Markets: Equinor locks in five-year retail strip#11 15 May
Mentioned in: Golden Pass routes Qatari LNG via Texas
European Energy Markets#8 6 May
Remained without return-date guidance through the Q1 earnings call
European Energy Markets: Equinor Q1 closes; Hammerfest silence held#7 4 May
Remained offline with 10 July target unconfirmed; no update issued by Equinor
European Energy Markets: Equinor signs NOK 17bn drilling, Hammerfest silent#7 2 May
Mentioned in: Storage at 33.06% trails 80% November floor
European Energy Markets#7 1 May
Remained offline since 22 April, removing approximately 0.15 bcm from Norwegian output
European Energy Markets: Sodir prints second monthly Norwegian decline#6 28 Apr
Mentioned in: EU storage 32%, refill pace below target
European Energy Markets#5 26 Apr
Remained offline through 26 April with 10 July return unconfirmed by engineering update
European Energy Markets: [RETRACTED] Equinor silent on Hammerfest as 10 July looms#5 26 Apr
Mentioned in: BBL halved, IUK drops in October: GB-Continent link cut
European Energy Markets#5 25 Apr
Mentioned in: EU Russian LNG ban begins; TTF barely flinches
European Energy Markets#5 23 Apr
Mentioned in: Bruegel resolves refill bill at EUR 26bn
European Energy Markets#3 22 Apr
Entered planned maintenance on 22 April, scheduled to return 10 July 2026
European Energy Markets: [RETRACTED] Equinor shuts Hammerfest LNG from 22 April#4 22 Apr
Mentioned in: TTF closes at EUR 42.39 after Hormuz swing
European Energy Markets#4 22 Apr
Entered planned maintenance on 22 April, removing Norwegian LNG export capacity for minimum 80 days
European Energy Markets: [RETRACTED] Hammerfest LNG shuts for 80-day planned maintenance#3 22 Apr
#3 17 Apr
Mentioned in: TTF trades EUR 41.67 intraday, extending six-week low
European Energy Markets#3 17 Apr
“described as europes largest export facility”
European Energy Markets · source event
#3 1 Apr