Snohvit made the impossible possible

”At the same time the plant at Melkoya is a great industrial adventure,” underlined Lund at an industrial seminar in Hammerfest.
The seminar was central in the celebration of Snohvit’s first three years of operation, that started by inspections at Melkoya and finished by a party for the city of Hammerfest.

Securing a foothold

Lund praised the positive contributions from national and local politicians: “They established the conditions for the Snohvit development, and there has been a strong and good cooperation between the local community and Statoil,” he stated.
"With LNG deliveries from Snohvit, Statoil on its side has added an important and strategic contribution to its gas value chain," continued Lund.
Snohvit has a competitive position both in the European and the US gas market, thanks to its proximity to these markets compared with other LNG.

Creating opportunities

With regard to resources the Arctic areas offer large technological and environmental challenges. The solutions found for Snohvit will provide opportunities in future projects such as Goliat, Sthokman, Alaska and new areas in the Barents Sea.
Other speakers at the seminar were state secretary Robin Kass, Hammerfest mayor Alf E Jakobsen, ambassador and head of the delegation to the European Union to Norway Janos Herman, executive vice president Oystein Michelsen, Total’s head of Northern Europe Patrice de Vivies, chairman of the Norwegian fishermen’s Association Reidar Nilsen and author Alf R Jakobsen.