Sakhalin Energy offloaded the 1000th LNG cargo (photo)
Sakhalin Energy offloaded the 1000th standard cargo of LNG, produced since the start of the first Russian LNG plant, the Company says in its press release. Tanker left Prigorodnoye port on 25 August 2015.
The jubilee cargo will be delivered to Japan, the volume will be split between two buyers Tokyo Electric and Tokyo Gas. It is worth to say that exactly the same companies were the buyers of the first LNG cargo in March 2009. The volume of a standard cargo is 145,000 cubic meters of LNG.
The Asia-Pacific region is the major consumer of Sakhalin LNG. This market is geographically close to Sakhalin which is a real advantage for Sakhalin Energy. From 2009 about 72 percent of Sakhalin LNG was delivered to Japan and 22 percent – to South Korea. Among other buyers were China, Taiwan, India, Kuwait and Thailand.
Sakhalin-2 LNG plant was launched in February 2009, and in 2010 reached its full design output of 9.6 million tonnes of LNG per year. Further continuous improvements allowed for more than 10% increase in production. Sakhalin Energy contributes over 4% of global LNG supplies. Since the beginning of production Sakhalin Energy has now offloaded 65 million tonnes of LNG.
Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. (Sakhalin Energy) is the operator of Sakhalin-2, one of the world’s largest integrated oil and gas projects, which has developed major infrastructure for hydrocarbon production, transportation and processing. The Company exports crude oil produced in the Sea of Okhotsk and LNG produced at Russia’s first LNG plant built by Sakhalin Energy in the south of Sakhalin. The Company’s shareholders are Gazprom (50% + 1 share), Royal Dutch Shell (27.5% - 1 share), Mitsui and Co. Ltd. (12.5%) and Mitsubishi Corporation (10%).
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