OSLO, March 17 (Reuters) - Norway's Nyhamna gas plant, whichprocesses gas from Royal Dutch Shell's Ormen Langefield, will see its gas exports further reduced on Monday, andfor longer, North Sea gas pipeline operator Gassco said.
Exports from the plant will be reduced to 38 million cubicmetres per day for 18 hours on Monday, Gassco said on itswebsite, an increase from an expected cut of 33 mcm per daylasting 13 hours announced earlier.
The Nyhamna plant, a major centre of exports for Norwegiangas to the rest of Europe, has a processing capacity of 70 mcmper day.
The outage began at 2200 GMT in the night from Sunday toMonday after a storm disrupted the plant's power supply from thenational grid. Outages due to disrupted power supply happenfrequently at the plant.
Initially gas exports had been expected to be reduced by 23mcm per day for six hours.