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and in the Urals Federal District, where the Yamal LNG plant of NOVATEK operates, LNG production increased by 7.0% to 21.0mn tonnes.
All Russian LNG is exported to non-CIS countries. According to the Ministry of Energy, LNG exports amounted to 45.7bn cubic metres in 2022. metres, which is 7.9% more than in 2021. Thus, the total gas export from the Russian Federation (pipeline plus LNG) to non-CIS countries in 2022 amounted to 146.6bn cubic metres. metro, and almost a third from it is LNG. At the same time, over the past five years, LNG exports have doubled.
According to Refinitiv, Russia supplied about 17mn tonnes of LNG (about 23bn cubic metres) to Europe in 2022, which is about 20% more than in 2021.
At the end of 2023, it is planned to launch the first stage of the Arctic LNG plant with a capacity of 6.6mn tonnes. In 2024-2025, the second and third stages will be introduced. The total capacity of the plant is 19.8mn tonnes, or approximately 27bn cubic metres. metres in the gaseous state. Thus, in two or three years, LNG exports may exceed 70bn cubic metres. metres and almost equal to the export of pipeline gas.
If, in the medium term, Europe does not return to purchases of Russian pipeline gas in the previous volumes, then its export to non-CIS countries will stall for many years at the level of 80-100bn cubic metres. metres. The only opportunity to increase exports is to further expand supplies to China through the construction of the Power of Siberia-2 gas pipeline and the active construction of LNG production capacities.
9.1.2 Automotive sector news
Russia’s light car output rises 53% in February y/y.
Russia’s sales of new cars and light commercial vehicles (LCVs) plummeted by 62.1% on the year to 41,900 in February, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) said in a statement on March 5. The data does not include China’s car producer Chery, whose sales ranked fifth in Russia in 2022, as well as sales of car producers BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
The difference a year made on the market of new cars in Russia: in February 2022, the combined market share of Chinese and Russian brands was 29%, a year later it's 76%.
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