Where is Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal?

Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal is an LNG export terminal in Finnmark, Norway. It is made up of 1 tracked train or phase.

Is Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal operating?

Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal is operating, with its first tracked train starting in 2007.

How much LNG can Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal handle?

Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal has 4.2 Mtpa operating, equivalent to 5.71 bcm/y of gas a year in operation. Capacity at different statuses is never added together.

Who owns Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal?

Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal is owned by Equinor ASA, Petoro AS, TotalEnergies and 2 others, and operated by Equinor. Shares are as recorded in the current tracker release.

What pipelines connect to Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal?

1 tracked gas pipeline passes within 25 km of Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance.

Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal

At a glance

Country: Norway
State / province: Finnmark
Region: Not reported
Import / export: Export
Onshore / floating: Not reported
Status (rolled up): Operating
Trains / phases tracked: 1
Earliest start year: 2007
Latest start year: 2007
Coordinates: 70.6854° N, 23.5900° E
GEM terminal ID: T100000130494
GEM wiki page: gem.wiki

Trains and phases

Each row is one unit as tracked by GEM. Ordered by start year, then proposal year.

Unit	Status	Capacity (Mtpa)	Capacity (bcm/y)	Start	Proposed	FID	Owner (as reported)
Not reported	Operating	4.2	5.71	2007	—	Not reported	Equinor ASA [36.8%]; Petoro AS [30%]; TotalEnergies SE [18.4%]; Eni Energy Group Ltd [12%]; Wintershall Dea GmbH [2.8%]

Capacity by status

Status	Units	Mtpa	bcm/y
Operating	1	4.2	5.71

Owners and operators

Stakes as reported by GEM per unit, merged across units. Percentages are omitted where GEM does not give them.

Owners

Operators

Equinor

Location

Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal at 70.6854° N, 23.5900° E, with 1 tracked gas pipeline passing within 25 km.

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Coordinates: 70.6854° N, 23.5900° E
Coordinate accuracy (GEM): exact
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Nearest tracked terminals

Connected gas pipelines

Tracked pipelines whose route passes within 25 km of this terminal, or whose name matches it. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.

Pipeline	Status	Length	Capacity	Distance	Matched by
Snohvit–Melkoya Island Pipeline	Operating	143 km	—	0.1 km	route proximity

Common questions

Generated from the same tracker fields as the tables above, so the two cannot disagree. Each answer stands on its own.

Where is Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal?: Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal is an LNG export terminal in Finnmark, Norway. It is made up of 1 tracked train or phase.
Is Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal operating?: Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal is operating, with its first tracked train starting in 2007.
How much LNG can Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal handle?: Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal has 4.2 Mtpa operating, equivalent to 5.71 bcm/y of gas a year in operation. Capacity at different statuses is never added together.
Who owns Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal?: Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal is owned by Equinor ASA, Petoro AS, TotalEnergies and 2 others, and operated by Equinor. Shares are as recorded in the current tracker release.
What pipelines connect to Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal?: 1 tracked gas pipeline passes within 25 km of Hammerfest LNG Snohvit Terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance.

Background on the technology and the terms used on this page.

Liquefaction trains explained
A liquefaction train is one complete, self-contained refrigeration line that chills treated natural gas until it condenses, and a large modern train produces roughly 5 to 8 million tonnes of LNG a year.
Mtpa, bcm and cubic metres
LNG capacity is quoted in three incompatible units, and the two conversions that matter are 1 million tonnes a year equals about 1.36 billion cubic metres of gas a year, and 1 cubic metre of liquid equals about 600 cubic metres of gas.
What terminal status actually means
A project status describes how far an LNG terminal or train has progressed, and the gap between proposed and operating is the single most misread number in the industry.
How LNG works
Liquefied natural gas is natural gas chilled to about minus 162 degrees Celsius, at which point it becomes a liquid roughly 600 times smaller than the gas, so it can be shipped where no pipeline runs.