Moscow, June 25 - Neftegaz.RU. On June 22, as part of the meeting of Vladimir Putin and Korean President Moon Jae-in, CEO of NOVATEK Leonid Mikhelson and CEO of Korean KOGAS Seung-Il Cheong signed a MOU on collaborating and developing future LNG opportunities.
According to the MOU, the parties agreed to explore opportunities for KOGAS to enter the Arctic LNG 2 project and possible LNG off-take from the project, participate in the LNG transshipment project in Kamchatka and other infrastructure projects, as well as develop cooperation in LNG trading and logistics optimization, including swap operations.
NOVATEK’s Chairman of Management Board Leonid Mikhelson noted: «The Asian Pacific markets are a priority destination for our LNG projects as this important geographical region represents the fastest growing markets for natural gas consumption, and South Korea is presently one of the largest importers of LNG. Our scalable LNG projects combined with our huge hydrocarbon resource base, our low cost LNG production and the further development of our logistics model using the Northern Sea Route and the transshipment terminal in Kamchatka create perfect opportunities for mutually beneficial cooperation for our potential partners. The competitiveness and attractiveness of our future LNG projects is once again confirmed with the signing of this MOU with KOGAS – one of the largest players on the Asian LNG market».
