11^th Annual International LNG Congress Russia

Arctic LNG 2

Operator/initiator: NOVATEK

Location: Gydan peninsula in YaNAO

Stage: to date, the Arctic LNG 2 project is at the various stages of development

Timeline: train 3 – 2028

Investment: $21.3bn

Capacity: 19.8 mt of LNG per annum, 6.6 mtpa per each train

The project involves the construction of three technological trains for the production of liquefied natural gas in the Ob Bay of the Kara Sea, with a total capacity of 19.8 million tonnes per year and stable gas condensate production of up to 1.6 million tonnes per year. The platform for the first technological train of the Arctic LNG 2 plant was delivered and installed at the Utrenniy terminal in August 2023. The second technological train was dispatched from the Murmansk region to Gydan in July 2024. The construction timeline for the third train at the Arctic LNG 2 plant on Gydan has shifted. According to reports, construction of the third train began in October 2023, and its commissioning was initially expected in 2026. The launch of the train is now anticipated in 2028.

Gas processing plant in Ust-Luga

Operator/initiator: RusChemAlliance

Location: Ust-Luga, Leningrad region

Stage: –

Timeline: commissioning is scheduled for 2027

Investment: –

Capacity: it is planned to process 45 billion cubic meters of gas annually at the complex, producing approximately 13 million tonnes of LNG (it has also been reported that LNG production may receive the third train with a capacity of an additional 6.5 million tonnes), up to 3.8 million tonnes of ethane fraction, up to 2.4 million tonnes of liquefied hydrocarbon gases (LHG), and 0.2 million tonnes of pentane-hexane fraction. The natural gas remaining after processing (about 19 billion cubic meters) will be directed to Gazprom’s gas transportation system. The construction of the RusChemAlliance complex (owned by Gazprom and RusGazDobycha) began in 2021, with commissioning scheduled for the end of 2024. After the departure of the German contractor Linde from Russia, the project timelines were shifted due to a lack of technologies for LNG equipment production in Russia. Currently, it is reported that the engineering preparation works for the technological installations and other facilities, as well as the construction of access roads, have been fully completed. The project includes a gas processing plant, an LNG liquefaction plant, and transport infrastructure facilities. The raw material for the enterprise will be ethane-containing natural gas extracted by Gazprom from the Achimov and Valanginian deposits in the Nadym-Pur-Taz region. The processing volume of gas will amount to 45 billion cubic meters annually.

Construction of a small-scale plant in Uzlovaya Special Economic Zone in the Tula region

Operator/initiator: NOVATEK

Location: –

Stage: –

Timeline: –

Investment: 8bn RUB

Capacity: –

The Investment Commission of the Tula Region has approved the project of constructing a small-scale LNG production complex in the Uzlovaya Special Economic Zone. It is planned to invest more than 8 billion rubles and create 49 jobs. The agreement on cooperation in the implementation of the investment project for the construction of a small-scale LNG plant in the Uzlovaya SEZ was concluded between NOVATEK and the government of the Tula Region in June 2023. The capacity of the future plant will be 126,000 tonnes per year, which will make it the largest LNG plant in the Central Federal District. To provide such capacity, a mixed refrigerant (MRC) liquefaction cycle will be used, which is also used in medium-scale and large-scale projects. The LNG plant will provide LNG supplie:
• as motor fuel through a network of CryoGS;
• for the needs of autonomous gasification.

Construction of a small-scale LNG plant in Belarus

Operator/initiator: Gazprom

Location: –

Stage: planned

Timeline: –

Investment: –

Capacity: –

It is reported that Gazprom plans to build an LNG facility in Belarus to supply gas motor fuel for freight and special vehicles. The LNG plant in Belarus will create a new sales market, but its size should not be exaggerated. The plant’s capacity will be 3,360 tonnes per year, which corresponds to approximately 4.7 million cubic meters of pipeline gas.

LNG production plant and oil terminal in Yakutia

Operator/initiator: LNG Yakutia

Location: Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

Stage: under development

Timeline: before 2028

Investment: 6bn RUB

Capacity: up to 525 tpa

In the Megino-Kangalassky district of Yakutia, a plant is already operating that produces 15-17 thousand tonnes of LNG per year. Supplies from this plant are primarily for the needs of the “Yakutian Railways” company. Plans are underway to expand production and build a second, more powerful plant. The capacity of the second plant in the first stage (until 2028) will be 175 thousand tonnes per year. Subsequently (exact timelines unspecified), there will be a phased increase in capacity to 525 thousand tonnes of LNG per year. The plan is to supply the product to LNG-gasified regions of Yakutia and to export it to China. Calculations are underway for LNG delivery in tank containers by rail to China (via the Kamyshovaya- Suifenhe, Blagoveshchensk-Heihe, Nizhneleninskoye-Tongjiang, and Zhalinda-Mohe border crossings), as well as to the seaports of Vladivostok and Nakhodka.