Russian Novatek hits a new milestone at its Yamal LNG project

Moscow, March 26 - Neftegaz.RU. NOVATEK announced today that Yamal LNG has shipped 50 million tons of LNG since the project’s commencement.
The milestone cargo was loaded on the Arc7 ice-class tanker «Nikolay Zubov» and represented the 685th cargo of LNG dispatched since the 1^st cargo in December 2017.

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 m³ each, as well as shipments by 11 conventional gas carriers.

The Project’s Arc7 ice-class fleet is capable of shipping all of the LNG produced given the increased performance of the 1st 3 LNG trains and the planned launch of Train 4.

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 1^st LNG Train began production in Q4 2017, Trains 2 and 3 - in July 2018 and November 2018, respectively.