Sakhalin Energy supplied the first batch of liquid natural gas on the facilities of the plant that produces LNG, the company's announcement states according to AK&M.
LNG will be regasified and put into the cooling system.
On April 18, Gazprom closed the deal on purchasing the general interest in Sakhalin 2 for $7.45 bln. It was agreed that Gazprom will repay the deal by money assets. Thus at present Shell holds 27.5% in the project, Mitsui - 12.5%, Mitsubishi - 10%.
Sakhalin Energy remains the operator of the project.
In the framework of Sakhalin-2 project two fields are developed (Piltun-Astokhskoye and Lunskoye).
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