Green Light for Arctic LNG 2
The $21.3 billion Arctic liquefied natural gas (LNG)-2 project on the Gydan Peninsula headed by the Russian largest independent natural gas producer Novatek won a green light on Thursday.The project will have a production capacity of 19.8 million tons per year (Mt/y) and is expected to export its first LNG cargo by 2023, the second and third train to…
Russia: New Port of Sabetta LNG Terminal
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an allocation of budget funds in 2021-2022 for the construction of the Utrenny liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Russian port of Sabetta on the Northern Sea route, the Kremlin said on its website.The budget money will also be used to reconstruct a navigable channel in the Gulf of Ob in the Kara Sea.The…
Nuclear Container Ship Sets Sail to Arctic LNG2
The nuclear-powered, 260 meter long, 33980 tons deadweight 'Sevmorput' this week sailed from Murmansk to Arkhangelsk where it is to pick up more than 17,000 tons of construction goods.The lighter aboard ship (LASH) system carrier of FSUE Atomflot, the world’s only ship of its kind, will deliver thousands of tons of construction materials to the Arctic LNG 2 project in peninsula Gydan.At the port of Arkhangelsk…
Christophe de Margerie Loads First Cargo from Third Train Yamal LNG
The Arctic LNG carrier Christophe de Margerie, owned and operated by Sovcomflot, loaded the first batch of liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced at the third train of Yamal LNG plant, at the Port of Sabetta on the Yamal Peninsula.Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian Prime Minister, initiated the start of cargo operations via a video conference with the vessel’s…
First Oil Shipment from Novoportovskoye Oil Field
In August 2014 the oil product tankers SCF Yenisei and SCF Pechora, operated by OAO Sovcomflot, have begun transporting the first oil from the Novoportovskoye Oilfield, located in the Gulf of Ob (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District). SCF Yenisei and SCF Pechora (deadweight approx. 47,000 tonnes each) are the largest vessels currently operating in this area of the Far North.
