2018-09-19 13:00:00
NOVATEK'S YAMAL LNG UP
PLATTS - Russia's Novatek is set to start exporting LNG from its third 5.5 million mt/year train at the Yamal LNG project by the end of 2018, CEO Leonid Mikhelson said late Monday.
The LNG producer has brought all of its Yamal LNG trains on track ahead of schedule, with guidance previously stating that the third train would begin commercial operations at the start of 2019.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Gastech conference in Barcelona, Mikhelson said Novatek could…
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2019, June, 18, 17:35:00
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