Yamal LNG shipped its hundredth batch of LNG by Fedor Litke tanker

OJSC Yamal LNG has shipped the hundredth batch of liquefied natural gas (LNG), less than one year after shipments were started in December 2017, says the company’s press center.

The hundredth batch of LNG was loaded onto the Feodor Litke tanker of Arc7 class. Total amount of LNG shipped under Yamal LNG project – 7.4 million tonnes. 

Yamal LNG is constructing a 17.4 mtpa natural gas liquefaction plant comprised of three LNG trains of 5.5 mtpa each and one LNG train of 900 thousand tons per annum, utilizing the hydrocarbon resources of the South Tambey Field located in the Russian Arctic. The first LNG Train began production in the fourth quarter of 2017 with the loading of the inaugural tanker on 8 December 2017. The first cargo produced by Train 2 was dispatched on 9 August 2018. Yamal LNG shareholders include PAO NOVATEK (50.1%), Total (20%), CNPC (20%), and the Silk Road Fund (9.9%).