LNG

Chinese liquefied natural gas imports reached almost 79 million tonnes in 2021, increasing by more than 18 percent and overtaking Japan to become the World No. 1 importer of the fuel.

Gazprom and RusGazDobycha, a special purposes company securing gas supplies for Russia’s chemicals industry and which is a partner in the Ust-Luga LNG production plant proposed for west of St Petersburg on the Baltic Coast, have reached a final investment decision on the massive Semakovskoye gas field in Western Siberia.