It follows the award this week to Foster Wheeler of a study to look at how to boost capacity and feed gas flexibility at the liquefaction facility on Melkoya island off Hammerfest, which has been hit by frequent shutdowns due to technical issues since start-up in 2007.
The same contractor had earlier been awarded a pre-front-end engineering study for a proposed second train at Snohvit LNG after the Barents Sea gas field was found to hold more reserves than previously thought.
However,
