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TotalEnergies invests in Novatek

LNG transshipment terminals

INVESTMENT FRANCE’S TotalEnergies has come on board as cubic metre LNG storage unit. Construction is
a shareholder at two LNG transshipment termi- already underway and they are due to be ready
nals that Russia’s Novatek is developing in Mur- for operations in 2023, the same year when
mansk and Kamchatka, the companies reported Novatek’s second LNG terminal, the 19.8mn tpy
on June 3. Arctic LNG-2, is due to come on stream.
Under the share purchase agreement reached TotalEnergies is a shareholder in both Yamal
at the St Petersburg International Economic LNG and Arctic LNG-2.
Forum (SPIEF), TotalEnergies will take a 10% The MoU will see Novatek and TotalEnergies
interest in the Novatek subsidiary that owns both consider collaboration in producing and using
projects. The pair also signed a memorandum hydrogen as a fuel, and marketing carbon-neu-
of understanding (MoU) on working together tral products including LNG. They want to make
in the fields of decarbonisation, hydrogen and electricity generation at LNG facilities more
renewables. efficient, using methods such as waste heat uti-
Novatek’s two transshipment terminals will lisation, and will look at switching gas turbines
facilitate exports from its 16.5mn tonne per year to use hydrogen and building wind and other
(tpy) Yamal LNG plant and the other liquefac- renewable energy plants to power their facilities,
tion projects it is developing in Russia’s far north. reducing emissions further.
The terminals allow specialised ice-breaking “Our long-term goal is to provide the global
LNG carriers to offload their cargoes after markets with affordable, secure and low-carbon
clearing the Arctic Northern Sea Route (NSR). natural gas, and the co-operation with TotalEn-
The gas is then loaded onto standard tankers for ergies our partner is one way for us to contrib-
delivery to markets, saving both time and ship- ute to the decarbonisation of the global energy
ping costs. industry,” Novatek CEO Leonid Mikhelson said
Each terminal will be equipped with a 360,000 in a statement.™

NEWS IN BRIEF

AMERICAS heat and power generation. The strategic GHG emissions from trucking.”
location in Fort Nelson places the facility as “We are excited to open this new
Cryopeak LNG Solutions close as possible to end use consumers. production facility in Fort Nelson. We
The location and efficiency of new facility
appreciate the support in realizing this project
announces new LNG when paired with Cryopeak’s pioneering from the Fort Nelson First Nations and the
B-train transport trailers, capable of
community of Fort Nelson. We look forward
production facility in Fort hauling 20,000 gallons of LNG, results in a to delivering natural gas to our remote
lowest available cost of supply for off grid
customers lowering energy costs and reducing
Nelson, BC now in operation communities and industrial customers. carbon emissions,” states Calum McClure,
Combining these two optimised platforms
CEO of Cryopeak.
Cryopeak LNG Solutions, a Richmond, also minimises Cryopeak’s environmental CRYOPEAK LNG SOLUTIONS, June 08, 2021
BC based company, has announced the footprint.
commencement of operations at its new “We are thrilled to now have an LNG Haisla Nation partners
liquefied natural gas (LNG) production production facility available to us in the far
facility in Fort Nelson, BC. Phase 1 north of the Province,” says Rick Loughery, with Pembina Pipeline in
production capacity is 27,000 LNG gallons per purchasing logistics manager for Coeur
day and the plant is scalable to approximately Silvertip Holdings, the owner of the Silvertip proposed Cedar LNG project
100,000 gallons per day under its current Mine. “Cryopeak has been a reliable supplier
permit. of LNG to the Silvertip Mine for several The Haisla Nation and Pembina Pipeline are
Cryopeak’s new facility is the most years now, and this new facility will allow pleased to announce a partnership agreement
Northern LNG production plant in Canada. it to deliver LNG from a location that is whereby Pembina will become the Haisla
The plant will supply LNG to Northern much closer to our site, which will result in Nation’s partner in the development of the
Canadian communities as well as remote considerable savings in transportation costs, proposed Cedar LNG project. The project is
mines and other industrial applications for even greater certainty of supply and reduced strategically positioned to leverage Canada’s

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