Putin launches major Arctic liquified natural gas project

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Putin launches major Arctic liquified natural gas project

Putin launches major Arctic liquified natural gas project
by AFP Staff Writers
Moscow (AFP) July 20, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday launched the first part of Arctic LNG 2, a massive liquified natural gas (LNG) project at Murmansk, in the Arctic.

Arctic LNG 2 is one of Russia's key projects in its drive to open a northern maritime route linking Asia and Europe, something made possible by global warming and the consequent melting of the glaciers.

"I request authorisation to begin transport operations at sea," an operator said during the launch ceremony broadcast on television.

"Permission granted," Putin replied, activating the lever, as Leonid Mikhelson, the chairman of gas giant Novatek stood beside him.

The project, which has an estimated cost of $21 billion, aims to achieve a production capacity of 19.8 million tonnes of LNG a year, using three production lines.

French energy giant TotalEnergies had been linked to the project but in 2022 announced it was pulling out after Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine.

Novatek controls 60 percent of the project, and its partners are China's CNPC and CNOOC, as well as Japan Arctic LNG.

Moscow hopes that this route will in time be able to compete with the Suez Canal as a route for transporting hydrocarbons.

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