Gazprom plans construction of LNG production facility with annual capacity of 100,000 tones in Poronaisk

Gazprom is going to build an LNG production facility on the Sakhalin, press center of the Sakhalin Government says referring to the results of a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Valery Limarenko, Acting Governor of the Sakhalin Region, held in St. Petersburg.

The first phase foresees the construction of a facility for liquefaction of natural gas in the Poronaisk district. The facility with annual capacity of up to 100,000 tonnes will ensure LNG supplies to the Kunashir, Shikotan and Iturup islands. LNG will be delivered by seaborne transport. 

According to Valery Limarenko, Poronaisk is considered as the optimal site for construction of the plant in view of logistics.

“Geographic location of the port in the middle of the island lets arrange round-the-year transshipment of cargo for, let’s say the Kuril islands. Besides, the facility will be located in the vicinity of railways and motor roads. It is necessary for shipments of LNG fuel to remote areas of the Sakhalin,” said the head of the Sakhalin Region. 

General Gas Supply and Gasification Scheme for the Sakhalin Region is to be updated by the end of 2019. Development of documentation on the sources and the scope of financing will begin in february.