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GLNG NEWS IN BRIEF GLNG

Gazprom expanding

production and use of

liquefied natural gas

The Gazprom board of directors expressed its
approval of the company’s ongoing projects
for the production and supply of liquefied
natural gas (LNG).
It was noted that the company’s work in
this promising direction will make it possible
to strengthen the position of Gazprom in
foreign markets and address in a more flexible
manner the tasks related to providing reliable
gas supplies to domestic consumers.
Near the settlement of Ust-Luga in the
northwestern part of Russia, Gazprom and
RusGazDobycha are building the Complex
made when the FNTP on the FSRU project MHI is awarded a major for processing ethane-containing gas. The
has been received, and when a definitive Complex will include a large-scale liquefied
contract has been entered into between turbomachinery order for natural gas production plant which, with its
Keppel Shipyard and BW Offshore on the capacity of 13mn tonnes of LNG per year, is
FPSO integration. The above developments Ust-Luga LNG export plant designed to become the biggest such plant in
are not expected to have any material impact northwestern Europe.
on the net tangible assets and earnings per Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) The project for the construction of the
share of Keppel for the current financial year. announced today that MHI has been awarded LNG production, storage and shipment
KEPPEL OFFSHORE & MARINE, November 25, by Linde Engineering the main refrigeration complex near the Portovaya CS in the
2021 gas compression trains for the Ust-Luga Leningrad Region is in its final stage. The
LNG project in Russia. The order consists of complex will produce 1.5mn tonnes of LNG
the best in class, high efficiency dual shaft per year. The possibility of building another
EUROPE 120-MW H-100 gas turbines and centrifugal mid-scale LNG plant near Vladivostok is
compressors. being considered.
GTT obtains tank design special-purpose venture of PJSC Gazprom development of small-scale LNG complexes,
Led by RusChemAlliance LLC, the 50-50
Gazprom pays special attention to the
order for three new LNG and JSC RusGazDobycha, the Ust-Luga for instance, those designed to bring gas
to localities that are situated far away from
LNG project is a world class natural gas
carriers from Hyundai liquefaction plant designed to apply the gas trunklines. The first of these projects
liquefaction technology owned by Linde
was implemented in the Perm Territory: a
Heavy Industries and and Gazprom, with two trains to produce small-scale LNG plant and three natural gas
upwards of 13 million tons per annum (mtpa). receiving, storage and regasification stations
Hyundai Samho Heavy The liquefaction plant to be located near have been in operation here since 2014.
Access to gas has been provided to over
the Baltic seaport of Ust-Luga, Leningrad
Industries Oblast will utilise natural gas gathered from 2,200 households and 10 boiler houses in the
Ilyinsky, Karagaisky, and Sivinsky Districts.
domestic sources via Russia’s Unified Gas
GTT announces that it has received an Supply System (UGSS). The EPC contract was Gazprom is now working to implement
order from its partners the Korean shipyards signed in September 2021 eyeing to start LNG similar projects in the Tomsk and Sakhalin
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and production by 2026. Regions.
Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) MHI President & CEO Seiji Izumisawa The company is actively working to expand
for the tank design of three new LNGCs. Two said: “We are pleased to supply MHI’s H-100 the use of LNG in transport, namely in motor,
of these LNGCs will be built by HHI and the driven compressor trains for this prestigious water and railroad transport. For instance,
other one by HSHI on behalf of an European Ust-Luga LNG plant. This project will thermally-insulated containers with liquid
ship-owner. showcase the benefits of MHI’s LNG solution helium from the Amur Gas Processing Plant
GTT will design the tanks of the vessels, in terms of lower production costs, increased are being transported by special-purpose
which will each offer a capacity of 174,000 m3. productivity, reduced complexity and lower KAMAZ trucks powered by LNG. In addition,
The LNGC tanks will be fitted with the GTT lifecycle costs, while significantly reducing agreements on small-scale LNG complexes
Mark III Flex membrane containment system. plant emissions.” in the Amur and Volgograd Regions were
Associated engineering services will also be MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, November signed at St. Petersburg International Gas
provided to assure the best service quality. 25, 2021 Forum 2021. These agreements will, inter alia,
Deliveries of the vessels are scheduled for facilitate the expansion of the NGV market.
the third quarter of 2024. GAZPROM, November 23, 2021
GTT, November 24, 2021

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