RF Government orders to establish a checkpoint at port Sabetta

RF Government has ordered to establish a permanent cargo checkpoint at port Sabetta (Yamal-Nenets autonomous region). The Order dated November 26, 2013, is available at the Official Internet Portal of Legal Information. Federal Agency for the Development of the State Border of the Russian Federation is to take the delivery of the checkpoint.

Port Sabetta is projected to be a hub for shipment of liquefied natural gas eastwards and westwards by large capacity gas carriers through the Northern Sea Route. The construction is being carried out in the framework of the Yamal LNG project. The project envisages the construction of an LNG plant with annual capacity of 16.5 million tonnes per annum based on the feedstock resources of the South-Tambeyskoye field. According to the PRMS reserve standards, the proven and probable reserves of the South-Tambeyskoye field as of 31 December 2012 were appraised at 907 billion cubic meters of natural gas. The Project also requires the construction of transport infrastructure including a sea-port and an airport located at Sabetta (north-east of the Yamal Peninsula). Yamal LNG is currently owned by NOVATEK (80%) and TOTAL (20%).