Gazprom mulls larger LNG terminal in Ust-Luga
Russian gas supplier Gazprom has signed a memorandum of intent with its Russian partner Rusgazdobycha and German chemicals firm Linde to add a third liquefaction train at the LNG complex it is developing in Ust-Luga on the Baltic Sea.
Gazprom did not say how large the train would be. The trains it has already committed to build will have a combined output of 13mn metric tons/year.
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The Ust-Luga project is a 50:50 joint venture between Rusgazdobycha. According to its current scope, the project will annually process 45bn m3/yr of gas and in addition to LNG, turn out 19bn m3/yr of treated gas for export to Europe via the Nord Stream system. It will also produce 3.6mn m/yr of ethane and 2.2mn mt/yr of LPG, to be supplied to an adjacent petrochemicals complex Rusgazdobycha is developing.
Gazprom and Rusgazdobycha awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract for the liquefaction plant to Linde and Turkey's Renaissance Industries in September. And this week, a licensing agreement was signed for the project to use liquefaction technology developed by Gazprom and Linde.
Gazprom and Rusgazdobycha also said on October 7 that they had enlisted Russian firm Velesstroy to build a temporary camp for construction workers at the site. The camp is set to be ready by the end of 2022.