Moscow, June 22 - Neftegaz.RU. NOVATEK announced on June 21 that Yamal LNG shipped the 1st cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Spanish company Gas Natural Fenosa in accordance with the long-term offtake agreement.
The 170 thousand cubic meter Arc7 ice-class LNG carrier Fedor Litke unloaded the 1st cargo in the port of Mugardos in accordance with the lifting and delivery schedule.
Annual sales volumes according to the 24-year long-term offtake contract are 2.5 million tons of LNG, which equals to more than 3 billion cubic meters of natural gas.
NOVATEK’s Chairman of Management Board Leonid Mikhelson noted: «The 1st LNG tanker shipped today to Gas Natural Fenosa marks a new milestone in Russian natural gas deliveries as it is the 1st Russian gas delivered under long-term agreements to Spain where Russian pipeline gas is not supplied. We look forward to fulfilling our long-term LNG contract by supplying clean-burning natural gas to Gas Natural Fenosa – the largest supplier of natural gas in the Spanish market».
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