Federal facilities of port Sabetta (Yamal) will be completed as scheduled, contractors say

Federal facilities of port Sabetta being built under Yamal-LNG project will be completed according to the schedule, IAA PortNews reporter cites Artem Melnikov, Director of Fertoing Ltd.(one of the project contractors), as saying at the 3rd International Forum of Dredging Companies organized by Media-Group PortNews.  

According to Alexander Ivanyuk, Technical Director of Mordraga LLC which is in charge of dredging at port Sabetta, the year of 2016 is to see dredging at the port’s water area up to -15.2 meters and at the access channel up to -15.1 meters. The year of 2017 will see the completion of the second phase of the sea channel (up to 495 meters wide) and the access channel (up to 295 meters wide). 

Total scope of dredging works at port Sabetta in 2014-2017 is estimated at 68.6 mln cbm. 

Port Sabetta is being built under Yamal LNG project for shipments of export LNG. The Yamal LNG project envisages the launch of three LNG trains with a total expected capacity of 16.5 million metric tons of LNG per year. They are to be launched in 2017, 2018 and 2019 accordingly. The second plant with total capacity of 16.5 mln t is to be built later.