The completion of the Nord Stream 2, an undersea natural gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea that will greatly improve Russia’s capacity to transport gas to Germany, continued to drive up share prices of some Chinese energy companies on Tuesday, as some analysts said that companies investing in the Yamal …
Read More »Novatek Eyes Vietnam’s LNG Market
Russian private natural gas producer and exporter Novatek is looking to sell LNG to Vietnam, it said, as it announced August 10 that it has opened an office in the capital Hanoi. The office will support its expansion into the global gas markets and provide continuous support for the its …
Read More »Russia Plans to Dominate Arctic Sea Routes with the Largest Fleet of Icebreakers
Hoping to develop the Northern Sea Route across the Arctic into an international shipping lane, Russia is building a group of icebreakers to be powered with liquefied natural gas. Russia already has the world’s only fleet of nuclear powered icebreakers but under president Vladimir Putin the objective is that its …
Read More »Russia Returns to Plans for First Batch of LNG-Powered Icebreakers
Reuters reports that top executives announced the news last week. The government has appointed Rosatom, Russia’s atomic energy corporation, as the state operator of the Northern Sea Route. Director general of Rosatom Alexei Likhachev said that by the end of the year a decision on the possible construction of two …
Read More »NOVATEK and TotalEnergies Sign MOU on Decarbonization, Hydrogen and Renewables
As part of today’s Saint-Petersburg International Economic Forum, in the presence of Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Nikolay Shulginov, PAO NOVATEK (“NOVATEK” and/or the “Company”) and a subsidiary of TotalEnergies SE (“TotalEnergies”) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) on decarbonization, hydrogen and renewables. The Parties intend to cooperate …
Read More »World’s Largest LNG Construction Yard Taking Shape in Belokamenka
A variety of buildings, facilities, and dock make up a new skyline like the Russian north has never seen before. Once a sleepy village, the Belokamenka (Russian for “the White stone”) is nowadays the busiest industrial construction site anywhere in the circumpolar north. Over 100 companies are involved in creating …
Read More »Novatek Plans to Launch Arctic LNG 2 Ahead of Schedule
RF President Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Leonid Mikhelson, Chairman of the Management Board of Novatek. They discussed the company’s performance in 2020, current activities and development plans, the Kremlin press office reports. Mikhelson briefed the President on the implementation of the Arctic LNG 2 project and the …
Read More »Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 Project almost 40% Complete, on Track for Launch in 2023
Russia’s project to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the resource-rich Arctic region, Arctic LNG 2, is 39% complete and will be launched as planned, gas producer Novatek has announced. The CEO of Russia’s biggest independent energy company, Leonid Mikhelson, revealed on Friday how construction of the project had progressed. …
Read More »Novatek Hits 50 mt Milestone at Yamal LNG
Novatek, Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer, has hit a new milestone at its Yamal LNG project. The company said on Friday it has shipped 50 million tons of LNG since it started operations. The milestone cargo was loaded on the Arc7 ice-class tanker Nikolay Zubov and represented the 685th …
Read More »Novatek Inks Arctic LNG 2 Supply Deal with Shenergy
Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer and LNG operator Novatek has secured an LNG supply deal with China’s Shenergy Group. Novatek said on Thursday the deal is for a cumulative supply of over 3 million tons of LNG from the Arctic LNG 2 project over a 15-year term. The volumes …
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