Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A town of northern Norway on an island in the Arctic Ocean. It is the northernmost town of Europe, with uninterrupted daylight from May 16 to July 26.
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The main hosts of the "Hammerfest" gathering were members of the Portland-based Volksfront International, a group that originated from Oregon and which is by far the most significant neo-Nazi organization in our state.
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The main hosts of the "Hammerfest" gathering were members of the Portland-based Volksfront International, a group that originated from Oregon and which is by far the most significant neo-Nazi organization in our state.
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The gas was to be processed on Melkoya, a small island near Hammerfest, and sent as LNG to Europe and the U.S.
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The Snoehvit gas field -- the name means Snow White in Norwegian -- was discovered in 1984 off Hammerfest, a small fishing community that is the northern-most town in the world.
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Allan Klo Statoilhydro's pioneering liquefied natural gas plant on an island off Hammerfest in Norway has encountered an array of problems.
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But Hammerfest lacked the infrastructure and manpower to construct one.
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All the production equipment is on the ocean floor, so the drifting ice is not a problem, and the wellhead links by 89 miles of pipe to a small island just off Hammerfest.
The Arctic Oil Rush Shoumatoff, Alex 2008
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On a much larger scale, Statoil plans to construct an LNG export terminal at Melkoya, near Hammerfest.
North Sea, Europe 2008
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Snohvit will combine production from three gas fields (Snohvit, Albatross, and Askeladd), a pipeline connecting these fields to an onshore receiving terminal near Hammerfest, and a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal.
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On a much larger scale, Statoil plans to construct an LNG export terminal at Melkoya, near Hammerfest.
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