LNG

Oct 27 (LNGJ) - French energy company Total, a shareholder in two liquefaction projects currently nearing completion, Yamal LNG in Russia and Ichthys LNG in Australia, said in its third-quarter earnings that LNG sales rose 8 percent to 2.95 million tonnes compared with 2.75MT in the same three months of 2016. Sales for the first nine months of the year were 8.56MT versus 8.24MT in the same period of 2016. “Yamal LNG in Russia is expected to begin production by year-end,” said the French company.