LNG Facility
Hammerfest LNG — cooling-system gas leak
31 May 2023
Melkøya, Hammerfest, Norway
What happened
About 9,300 kg of hydrocarbon-and-nitrogen cooling medium leaked over roughly six and a half hours while insulation was being removed near a safety valve. The plant was evacuated and production stopped for eight days. One worker was sprayed and received medical follow-up but suffered no identified permanent harm. Havtil found that nearby gas detectors did not automatically alarm.
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- LNG Facility
- Latitude
- 70.6900°
- Longitude
- 23.6700°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.