Yamal LNG is located above the polar circle in the estuary of the Ob River, a wild, remote region that is frozen for 7-to-9 months a year and where winter temperatures can drop as low as -50°C
Moscow, July 2 - Neftegaz.RU. Yamal LNG announced the scheduled maintenance of the 1
st LNG train with a shutdown for 19 days from 1 to 19 August 2021.
The regular maintenance is carried out in accordance with the approved annual schedule and will not affect the planned LNG production volume for the year.
Launched in late 2013, Yamal LNG is one of the largest and most complex LNG projects in the world.
But it is also one of the most competitive, as it leverages the immense onshore gas resources of Russia’s Yamal Peninsula.
Yamal LNG shareholders include:
- NOVATEK (50.1%)
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TotalEnergies (20%)
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CNPC (20%)
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Silk Road Fund (9.9%)
Yamal LNG is constructing a 17.4 mtpa
natural gas liquefaction plant comprised of 3 LNG trains of 5.5 mtpa each and one LNG train of 900 000 tons per annum, utilizing the hydrocarbon resources of the South-Tambeyskoye field in the Russian
Arctic.
- The 1st LNG Train began production in Q4 2017
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Trains 2 and 3 - in July 2018 and November 2018, respectively
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Train 4 – in May 202
In 2020, the facility produced 18.8 million tons of LNG accounting for more than 5% of the global
LNG market.
LNG from the facility is transported by a fleet of 15
Arc7 ice-class tankers with cargo capacity over 170 000 m
3 each, as well as
shipments by 11 conventional gas carriers.
