The plant has been beset by teething troubles since the start-up in late 2007 and is currently running its production at reduced capacity.
- We will replace the remaining sea water heat exchangers where we had some leakages which were one of the major problems since the start-up, says Sverre Kojedal, spokesman for StatoilHydro interviewed by Reuters.
Snøhvit is the first offshore development in the Barents Sea. Without surface installations, this project involves bringing natural gas to land for liquefaction and export from the first plant of its kind in Europe and the world’s northernmost liquefied natural gas facility.
