Liquefied natural gas
The industrial island is the endpoint of the undersea pipeline that transports natural gas from the Snøhvit natural gas fields in the Barents Sea. The gas goes through the long pipeline to the processing plant Hammerfest LNG on Melkøya where it is converted into liquefied natural gas. The plant opened in 2007 and it is operated by Equinor. Liquefied natural gas is then exported from Melkøya to world markets by a LNG gas carrier or tanker.