Algeria restarts Skikda LNG terminal
Algerian state oil and gas company Sonatrach returned its Skikda liquefaction plant to normal operations July 30 after a 45 day outage, it said. Sonatrach closed the plant June 11 to repair a gas turbine, carry out a full precautionary inspection and do some maintenance work that had been planned for next year.
The technical incident was caused by the sudden failure of a gas turbine control mechanism. There was no other damage owing to the deployment of automatic safety devices, it said at the time.
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During that time, LNG deliveries to its clients were unaffected it said, as there was available capacity at three trains at its larger plant at Arzew: GL3Z, GL1Z and GL2Z. "Our commercial commitments were fulfilled completely," it said.