LNG

July 26 (LNGJ) - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said the Government and the Sakhalin Region of the Russian Far East were examining plans to supply liquified natural gas to the Kuril Islands. There is still a dispute between Russia and Japan over the status of the Kuril Islands, located between the Japanese island of Hokkaido at the southern end and the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula in the north. The volcanic archipelago comprises 56 islands taken over by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II and have since been considered as part of Russia.

   Mishustin said that Russia was considering supplying regasification and some power infrastructure to the Kurils to run on small-scale LNG shipments from Gazprom’s Sakhalin Energy LNG plant, which also supplies Japanese utilities. “LNG is probably the best option given the current global green energy requirements. This would be an excellent solution,” said the Russian PM in a statement.