LNG

May 28 (LNGJ) - Two LNG carriers carrying Russian cargoes have entered the North Sea to discharge volumes at West European regasification terminals. The tanker “Nikolay Yevgenov” with 172,600 cubic metres of capacity lifted a cargo on May 23 from the Russian Yamal plant in Northern Siberia.

   The Cypriot-flagged vessel “Fedor Litke” with 177,000 cubic metres capacity was also heading for a regional terminal with a shipment loaded on May 24 at the Yamal facility, according to shipping data. A third carrier, the 172,000 cubic metres capacity “Yakov Gakkel”, was heading back to the Russian LNG export plant at Sabetta after delivering a cargo to the French import terminal in Dunkirk.

Russian natural gas company Gazprom said it had halted supplies to China through the “Power of Siberia” pipeline running from Russia’s Far East into China’s northeast Heilongjiang province.

Arctic LNG II project developer Novatek hosted a forum for contractors and suppliers, attended by more than 160 companies, to keep the venture on track for a 2024 start-up and to expand cooperation at the Novatek LNG Construction Centre at Belokamenk in the Murmansk region of northern Russia.

July 13 (LNGJ) - Novatek, the Russian natural gas company and operator of the Yamal LNG export plant in northern Siberia, said preliminary second-quarter 2020 natural gas sales volumes, including LNG, came to 16.90 billion cubic metres, a drop of 9.9 percent compared with the same three months of 2019.

   Natural gas volumes sold in the Russian Federation in the second quarter totaled 14.43 Bcm, whereas LNG volumes sold on international markets amounted to 2.47 Bcm. “The decrease in sales volumes on international markets was due to the decrease of Yamal LNG shareholders’ share, including Novatek’s share, of LNG volumes sold on the spot market, and a corresponding increase of Yamal LNG direct sales under long-term contracts,” explained the Russian company.

The OPEC of natural gas, the GECF, held a meeting in Doha in Qatar to launch its annual outlook as the Qataris pledged to advance with their liquefied natural expansion plans and said the global buildout of renewable energy ventures would complement LNG as an alternative to coal.

An area off the coast of Russia to the north of the port of Murmansk in the Barents Sea is being prepared by Russian natural gas company Novatek and the authorities for Yamal LNG trans-shipments for the winter supply season when the Northern Sea Route is closed and extra shipping is also required for high volumes and long shuttle trips.